GNU bug report logs - #24941
Early termination bug in grep 2.26

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Gary Johnson <garyjohn <at> spocom.com>

Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 02:42:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #43 received at 24941-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Gary Johnson <garyjohn <at> spocom.com>, Norihiro Tanaka <noritnk <at> kcn.ne.jp>,
 24941-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24941: Early termination bug in grep 2.26
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 17:40:23 -0800

On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 1:47 AM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> This turned into more work than I expected, as I kept finding performance
> glitches and/or correctness bugs in the neighborhood. I installed the
> attached set of patches. Patch 03 is the crucial one. Patch 10 trivially
> fixes an earlier test of mine and I'm too lazy to write a separate email for
> it.
>
> This fixes the problem for me, so I'm taking the liberty of closing this bug
> report.

Impressive work. Thanks a lot!
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