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[PATCH] grep: fix matching not longest pattern with grep -Fo

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Norihiro Tanaka <noritnk <at> kcn.ne.jp>
Cc: 25499 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25499: [PATCH] grep: fix matching not longest pattern with grep -Fo
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 08:09:00 -0800

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On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 1:14 AM, Norihiro Tanaka <noritnk <at> kcn.ne.jp> wrote:
> grep -Fo may not match longest pattern in grep 2.26 or later including
> current master.
>
> $ printf 'abce\n' > in
> $ printf 'abcd\nc\nbce\n' > pat
> $ LC_ALL=C src/grep -Fof pat in
> c
>
> We expect "bce" in this case.

Nice. I am glad you caught that.
I've adjusted some wording and will push this soon:

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