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BUG: text file is detected as binary

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Sebastian Poehn <sebastian.poehn <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#20526: closed (Re: grep BUG: text file is detected as binary)
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 03:26:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#20526: BUG: text file is detected 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 20526 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 20526-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Kamil Dudka <kdudka <at> redhat.com>, Benno Schulenberg <bensberg <at> justemail.net>,
 Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>, Johannes Meixner <jsmeix <at> suse.de>,
 Hans Pelleboer <hanspelleboer <at> online.nl>,
 Sebastian Poehn <sebastian.poehn <at> gmail.com>,
 Ángel González <angel <at> re.16bits.net>,
 Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Subject: Re: grep BUG: text file is detected as binary
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:25:04 -0800

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I installed into Savannah a patch (attached) that should fix this problem in 
typical cases, and am boldly marking the bug as done. Please give the fix a try 
if you have the time. Thanks.

[0001-grep-be-less-picky-about-encoding-errors.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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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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