Re: grep 2.5: --only for long line runs forever

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   The problem disappears when I run the same grep-2.5 binary on a
   more recent Linux distribution (SuSE 8.1 instead of SuSE 7.2). So,
   an old libc or old libpcre is the culprit, not grep itself.  I
   think I will upgrade Linux or use a recent gawk.  Thanks for all
   your help Sven

Out of curiosity what version of the GNU C library are you using?
I.e. what is SuSE GNU/Linux 8.1 using and what is SuSE GNU/Linux 7.2
using?

Would you like to call the whole system consisting of Linux and GNU
for GNU/Linux [1]?  And help us to stop spreading the confusion that the
whole operating system was developed by Linux Torvalds, and in the
process making people more aware of Free Software.

[1]: http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html