GNU bug report logs - #22181
endless loop in grep 2.22

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Christian Boltz <grep-bug <at> cboltz.de>

Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 20:47:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 22181 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Christian Boltz <grep-bug <at> cboltz.de>, Seth Arnold <seth.arnold <at> canonical.com>, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Subject: bug#22181: endless loop in grep 2.22
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 22:46:34 -0800

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Thanks to everyone who reported and fixed this bug. I looked over the fix and 
this inspired me to improve on it. I installed the attached patch, which doesn't 
fix any functionality bugs, but does improve performance significantly in some 
cases.

[0001-Improve-on-fix-for-Bug-22181.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]
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