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new bug that Paul "asked" for... grep -P aborts on non-utf8 input.

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Message #16 received at 20678 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 20678 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20678: new bug that Paul "asked" for... grep -P aborts on
 non-utf8 input.
Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 09:17:41 +0200

On 05/28/2015 12:24 AM, Linda Walsh wrote:
> ok... ARG -- I just installed the new version of grep from
> my distro (suse13.2) -- grep-2.20-2.4.1.x86_64
>
> I think they'll be out with a new distro release in about
> a year...(yes, I can probably build my own...like I have
> to with a growing body of Software)

This is openSUSE specific.
When you've built your own version with a patch for a problem,
nothing prevents you from simply creating a submit request for
that patch on OBS to "Base:System/grep", and maybe even creating
a maintenance request for "openSUSE:13.2/grep".  Get involved.

Have a nice day,
Berny

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