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

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From: Santiago Ruano Rincón <santiagorr <at> riseup.net>
To: Thorsten Glaser <tg <at> mirbsd.de>, 930247 <at> bugs.debian.org
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 36148 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36148: Bug#930247: bug#36148: Debian Bug#930247: grep: does not handle backreferences correctly, violating POSIX
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:51:55 +0100

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El 05/12/22 a las 23:36, Thorsten Glaser escribió:
> 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'll clone the bug in Debian (and adjust severities), to make it easier
to follow/differentiate both bugs.

Paul, do you want me to do the same in debbugs.gnu.org?

> 
> > 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.

grep is now freezed in Debian bookworm, and I'll have to contact
release-team about fixing this (in bullseye too).

Cheers,

 -- Santiago

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