GNU bug report logs - #22461
problem with "Binary file messages" in latest snapshot

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 09:21:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22461: closed (problem with "Binary file messages" in latest
 snapshot)
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 07:32:02 +0000

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: grep mailing list <bug-grep <at> gnu.org>
Subject: problem with "Binary file messages" in latest snapshot
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 01:19:42 -0800

I ran into this problem when using 'grep' to search through GNU Emacs installed 
files. Here's how to reproduce the problem:

$ (echo xxx && yes yyy | sed 100000q && printf '\0') >big
$ grep xxx big
xxx
Binary file big matches

The last line should not be output. I'll look into fixing this.



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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 22461-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: problem with "Binary file messages" in latest snapshot
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 23:31:18 -0800

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I installed the attached patch, which should fix the bug, and am closing this.

[0001-Omit-excess-Binary-file-.-matches.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]
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