GNU bug report logs - #22655
grep-2.21 (and git master): --null-data and ranges work in an odd way (-P works fine)

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox <at> gentoo.org>

Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 23:24:01 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: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>
Cc: Jim Meyering <meyering <at> fb.com>, Ulya Fokanova <skvadrik <at> gmail.com>, 22655 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox <at> gentoo.org>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#22655: grep-2.21 (and git master): --null-data and ranges work in an odd way (-P works fine)
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 07:36:27 -0800

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On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 2:46 AM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org> wrote:
>>>>>> On Sat, 20 Feb 2016, Jim Meyering wrote:
>
>> I have fixed the regex-oriented problem with the attached patch [...]
>
> I confirm that this patch (applied to sys-apps/grep-2.23 in Gentoo)
> fixes the problem for me.

Thanks for checking.
I reread the patch I pushed and was dismayed to see I'd left
in a debugging statement.  This additional patch removes
the offending line (harmless unless you have a writable
directory named /t):

[0001-tests-test-cleanup.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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