GNU bug report logs - #29032
grep 3.x: 2.4MB big file causes 'Value too large for defined data type'

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Package: grep;

Reported by: uwe.sauter.de <at> gmail.com

Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 21:35:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 29032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Uwe Sauter <uwe.sauter.de <at> gmail.com>
To: 29032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: grep 3.x: 2.4MB big file causes 'Value too large for defined data
 type'
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 20:42:33 +0200

Hi again,

as I was able to reproduce this with other utilities as well I conclude that this is not a bug in grep but in perhaps in
glibc or more probably in ntfs-3g. The files I was reading are from a disk image created with ddrescue and contain a
NTFS partition.


Sorry for the noise,

    Uwe
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