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latest grep considers text files as binary

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#19241: closed (Re: bug#19241: latest grep considers text
 files as binary)
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:54:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#19241: latest grep considers text files as binary

which was filed against the grep package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 19241 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Jim Meyering <meyering <at> fb.com>, towo <at> computer.org,
 19241-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19241: latest grep considers text files as binary
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 09:53:01 -0800

On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> On 12/01/2014 09:05 AM, Thomas Wolff wrote:
>>
>> the mentioned patches are apparently intended to fix
>> issues in non-UTF-8 locales.
>
>
> No, they're also needed for UTF-8 locales I'm afraid.  There are some
> security issues, not only having to do with grep's internals, but also for
> the behavior of downstream programs that may be expecting UTF-8 text.
>
> You can work around the problem with 'grep -a'.

tags 19241 notabug
close 19241
thanks

Thanks for the report, but as you've seen (thanks, Paul), this is due
to documented and desirable behavior.  The above marks this
auto-created issue as a non-bug in our tracker.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Thomas Wolff <towo <at> computer.org>, bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Cc: meyering <at> fb.com, noritnk <at> kcn.ne.jp
Subject: Re: latest grep considers text files as binary
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 09:29:15 -0800

On 12/01/2014 09:05 AM, Thomas Wolff wrote:
> the mentioned patches are apparently intended to fix
> issues in non-UTF-8 locales.

No, they're also needed for UTF-8 locales I'm afraid.  There are some 
security issues, not only having to do with grep's internals, but also 
for the behavior of downstream programs that may be expecting UTF-8 text.

You can work around the problem with 'grep -a'.

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