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grep -P and invalid exits with error

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Message #102 received at 18266 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>, 18266 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 
 Santiago <santiago <at> debian.org>
Cc: 758105 <at> bugs.debian.org, 18266-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>, 761157 <at> bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: bug#18266: Bug#758105: bug#18266: grep -P and invalid exits with
 error
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 12:10:27 -0700

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On 09/11/2014 11:37 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Would you mind adding a test to trigger that one?

Ordinarily I would have done that already but this -P stuff is so buggy 
and slow that I got discouraged.  (If we keep having trouble with -P I 
may start lobbying to remove it....) Anyway, I gave it a shot with the 
attached further patch.

[0001-grep-fix-false-matches-with-P-.-and-invalid-UTF-8.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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