GNU bug report logs - #5970
regex won't do lazy matching

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: a g <mewalig <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:02:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 5970 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: a g <mewalig <at> gmail.com>, 5970 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
Subject: Re: bug#5970: regex won't do lazy matching
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:18:49 +0200

Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> writes:

> Because of expr?  Its use of regexp is tightly specified by POSIX,
> so we cannot change it without a very good reason.

In the OP's use of regexp POSIX defines nothing.

Andreas.

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