GNU bug report logs - #21700
new snapshot available: grep-2.21.78-7da30

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 05:27:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #53 received at 21700 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Shlomi Fish <shlomif <at> shlomifish.org>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 21700 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21700: new snapshot available: grep-2.21.78-7da30
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 08:38:30 +0200
Hi Jim,

On Sat, 24 Oct 2015 18:34:43 -0700
Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 10:26 PM, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> wrote:
> > I want to release grep-2.22 in just a couple of days.
> > This release is motivated largely by the discovery that there has
> > been a bug in versions 2.19, 2.20 and 2.21 that made grep mistakenly
> > print some lines that did not match. However, there have also been
> > several other bug fixes and notable performance improvements.
> >
> > Any testing you can do would be most welcome.
> > Feedback, even the report that you "built and passed tests on XYZ,"
> > would be appreciated.  
> 
> I'm about to push the following three small patches and make another
> test release, hoping a few more people will run tests. So far, very
> few people have actually run tests, if the replies to this
> announcement are any indication. Let's be optimistic and presume that
> many have built and run the tests, but didn't bother to write in
> because all of the test passed.

How can I get the sources to this test snapshot along with all the patches? Can
you provide a reproduction recipe?

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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