GNU bug report logs - #36148
inconsistent behaviour with anchored regex containing back-references

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Package: grep;

Reported by: g1pi <at> libero.it

Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2019 15:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 26864

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From: Thorsten Glaser <tg <at> mirbsd.de>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 930247 <at> bugs.debian.org, 36148 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36148: Debian Bug#930247: grep: does not handle backreferences correctly, violating POSIX
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2022 23:36:23 +0000 (UTC)

Paul Eggert dixit:

> Although you sent your email to 36148 <at> debbugs.gnu.org /
> 930247 <at> bugs.debian.9org, your email is reporting a separate bug

Oh OK, I wasn’t aware, it sounded similar enough.

> I fixed it in the development version of GNU grep by installing the
> attached patch. This patch should appear in the next GNU grep release.

Thank you!

bye,
//mirabilos
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