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Re: [PATCH] Fix grep -Fw '' against empty string


From: Paolo Bonzini
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix grep -Fw '' against empty string
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:10:57 +0200
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On 04/03/2010 08:25 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
While uses like grep -Fw '' (explicit empty string) are probably very
rare, using grep -Fw -f KEYWORD_FILE with blank lines in that file is
much more plausible, and this fix would cause a big behavior change.
With the fix, grep will now match all blank lines in the input.

Shall we branch 2.6.x now?

If so, we should try to branch all 2.6.x bugfixes from the stable branch and merge them into master rather than cherry-picking.

Paolo




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