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26.1; dired-do-find-regexp-and-replace fails to find multiline regexps

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Message #44 received at 31796 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: abela <at> chalmers.se, 31796 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31796: 27.1; dired-do-find-regexp-and-replace fails to find
 multiline regexps
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 18:35:11 +0200

> Cc: 31796 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 17:43:53 +0200
> 
> We've been aware of it for at least two years now. So what are we, then, 
> negligent, careless, or incompetent?

Busy.  That, and the fact that no one came up with a clear idea of how
to fix this (at least IIRC).

> If you're saying we can't afford to break even a minor feature like 
> this, I don't think there are a lot of options.

We should try not to break any features, yes.  AFAIK, no one has yet
claimed that this cannot be fixed.  So the decision whether we can or
cannot stay with this broken doesn't have to be made yet.

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