GNU bug report logs - #21670
surprising bug in grep -e with anchors

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Package: grep;

Reported by: greg boyd <gboyd.ccsf <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 23:57:02 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: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: greg boyd <gboyd.ccsf <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 21670 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21670: surprising bug in grep -e with anchors
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:21:43 -0700

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 2:01 PM, greg boyd <gboyd.ccsf <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>> This bug appears in GNU grep version 2.20. It is not present in the older
>> version I have installed on a home system (2.6.3.)
...
> The actual bug was introduced in v2.18-85-g2c94326,
> so first appeared in the grep-2.19 release. I will track down
> the commit that fixed it, add a test if required and update
> NEWS accordingly.

Thanks again.

Paul already added a test, so I've updated NEWS
with the missing info:

  http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/commit/?id=93a6d6d7bd1d68
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