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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: Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>
Subject: bug#19985: 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: active locale impacts binary data detection?

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 19985 <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.

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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Cc: proteuss <at> sdf.lonestar.org
Subject: active locale impacts binary data detection?
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 20:59:51 -0500

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i've got some users reporting diff behavior between 2.20 and 2.21.  the example 
file is attached and has mixed encoding.  i think the new behavior is correct, 
but want to make sure it's expected, or that the maintainers don't have 
different ideas here.

with 2.20:
$ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF8 grep 8 test-mixed
  852  cd  ΘΕΜΑΤΑ\ ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΩΝ/

with 2.21:
$ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF8 grep 8 test-mixed
Binary file test-mixed matches
$ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF8 grep -a 8 test-mixed
  852  cd  ΘΕΜΑΤΑ\ ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΩΝ/
$ LC_ALL=C grep 8 test-mixed
  852  cd  ΘΕΜΑΤΑ\ ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΩΝ/
-mike

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