Subject: Re: bug#22655: grep -Pz '^' now fails!

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 07:54:29 -0800

Stephane Chazelas wrote:
> Can that bug please be reopened so it can be addressed
> differenly (PCRE_MULTILINE removed, PCRE_DOLLAR_ENDONLY added)?

Removing PCRE_MULTILINE will make 'grep' waaaay slower. Can you think of a way 
of fixing the bug that doesn't involve removing PCRE_MULTILINE?