GNU bug report logs - #20526
BUG: text file is detected as binary

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Sebastian Poehn <sebastian.poehn <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 15:41:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 19230, 19985, 21558

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Sebastian Poehn <sebastian.poehn <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: BUG: text file is detected as binary
Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 13:08:08 +0200

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Fedora 21
grep (GNU grep) 2.21

Grep detects text file as Binary. File is attached.

file Makefile 
Makefile: ISO-8859 text

ack PKG_NAME
Makefile
10:PKG_NAME:=clearsilver
14:PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz

grep --version ; grep "PKG_NAME" Makefile
grep (GNU grep) 2.7
...
PKG_NAME:=clearsilver
PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz

grep --version ; grep "PKG_NAME" Makefile
grep (GNU grep) 2.21
...
Binary file Makefile matches


[Makefile (text/x-makefile, attachment)]
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