GNU bug report logs - #25180
grep: (standard input): Invalid argument

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>

Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 10:12:01 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: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>, 25180-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25180: grep: (standard input): Invalid argument
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 08:40:09 -0800

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Thanks, I didn't know about that lseek glitch with the proc file system. 
I installed the attached patch to the grep master.

The use case seems unusual. Did a user discover this in practice?

[0001-grep-work-around-proc-lseek-glitch.patch (application/x-patch, attachment)]
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