GNU bug report logs - #20957
2.21 bug in handling at least one -P regular expression

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Package: grep;

Reported by: vampyrebat <at> gmail.com

Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 07:56:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 2.21

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 20957-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: vampyrebat <at> gmail.com, 20957-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20957: 2.21 bug in handling at least one -P regular expression
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2015 08:23:43 -0700

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vampyrebat <at> gmail.com wrote:
> grep 2.21 incorrectly handles a -P regular expression that 2.20 handled correctly.

Thanks for reporting that.  I installed the attached patches.  The first fixes 
the bug; the second is a minor cleanup.


[0001-grep-don-t-mishandle-left-context-in-P.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]
[0002-grep-simplify-print_line_middle-slightly.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]
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