GNU bug report logs - #21082
grep 'make check' fails

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 22:13:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs <at> gmail.com>
To: 21082 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21082: grep 'make check' fails
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 17:11:49 -0500

099-grep-2.21:FAIL: test-update-copyright.sh
099-grep-2.21:# FAIL:  1
099-grep-2.21:FAIL: test-update-copyright.sh
099-grep-2.21:FAIL  test-update-copyright.sh (exit status: 1)
099-grep-2.21:# FAIL:  1

Actually the problem is not due to grep but gnulib and perl-5.22. 
However it is in the grep source tarball.

The one line (one character) fix is:

 sed -i 's/copyright{/copyright\\{/' build-aux/update-copyright

Translation:  Escape the left brace in a perl regex.

I reported this to gnulib over a month ago but got no response.  Thought 
you would like to know.

  -- Bruce Dubbs
     linuxfromscratch.org
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