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: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Stephane Chazelas <stephane.chazelas <at> gmail.com>, 22655 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22655: grep -Pz '^' now fails!
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?
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