GNU bug report logs - #21027
--exclude-dir matches search dir

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Aron Griffis <aron <at> arongriffis.com>

Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 03:59:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 21026

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, aron <at> arongriffis.com
Cc: 21027-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21027: --exclude-dir matches search dir
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 14:31:27 -0700

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On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> Aron Griffis wrote:
>>
>> This generates output:
>>
>> $ grep -rl --exclude-dir=usr LINUX /usr/include
>>
>> and this doesn't:
>>
>> $ grep -rl --exclude-dir='usr*' LINUX /usr/include
>>
>> This feels like a bug.
>
> Thanks for reporting that.  I installed the attached patch.

I've pushed this small follow-up patch to fix a false-positive test failure:

[0001-tests-avoid-FS-dependent-false-positive-failure.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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