GNU bug report logs - #50069
grep-3.7 test-regex fails when configured with --without-included-regex

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Klaus Dittrich <kladit <at> t-online.de>

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 17:10:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 50069-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Klaus Dittrich <kladit <at> t-online.de>
Cc: 50069-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50069: grep-3.7 test-regex fails when configured with
 --without-included-regex
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 11:22:10 -0700

On 8/15/21 9:49 AM, Klaus Dittrich wrote:
> --without-included-regex
> don't compile regex; this is the default on systems
> with recent-enough versions of the GNU C Library
> (use with caution on other systems)....

> So is this option deprecated, configure/compile logic wrong or do I have 
> overlooked something?

You're running into this glibc bug:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11053

Unfortunately yhis has not yet been fixed in glibc. However, GNU grep's 
implementation fixes the bug.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 275 days ago.

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