GNU bug report logs - #30326
grep not searching through a text file (thinking it binary)

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Package: grep;

Reported by: "L. A. Walsh" <gnu <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 19:31:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #24 received at 30326-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: L A Walsh <gnu <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: 30326-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, GNU bug control <control <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#30326: grep not searching through a text file (thinking it
 binary)
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 15:19:36 -0800

On 02/02/2018 03:16 PM, L A Walsh wrote:
> It also used to be the default.

Single-byte locales also used to be the default. Times have changed, and 
things have gotten more complicated. We don't change default behavior 
for no reason, but we also don't keep the default the same even when the 
world has changed and another default behavior would typically be better.
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