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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Message #56 received at 20526-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
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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