GNU bug report logs - #7785
rgrep is broken on woe32

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From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
To: Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 7785 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7785: rgrep is broken on woe32
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:05:27 +0100

Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org> writes:

[snip]

> /usr/bin/find: invalid expression; I was expecting to find a ')'
> somewhere but did not see one.
>
> Grep finished with no matches found at Tue Jan 04 18:42:28
> =======================================
>
> when I paste the above command into a cygwin shell window, it works
> just fine (finds what I need).
> i.e., the () in the command are actually well balanced.

This looks like the string length restriction in cmdproxy.exe reported
in

http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=6674#74

It was patched, as indicated on the subsequent messages on that thread.

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