[debbugs-tracker] bug#18398: closed (Probably found a bug in grep)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Probably found a bug in grep Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 19:11:45 +0000

Hi all,

 

I’ve probably found a bug in „grep“.

Here’s a way how to reproduce it:

 

s53mgt:/test2 # cat testfile

A

Ä

s53mgt:/test2 # grep -F -eÄ -eA testfile

A

Ä

s53mgt:/test2 # grep -i -eÄ -eA testfile

A

Ä

s53mgt:/test2 # grep -iF -eÄ -eA testfile

A

 

As you can see the last one does not give A and Ä but only A.

 

When I do the same with another testfile without an “Ä” (A-Umlaut) in it, it works like expected:

s53mgt:/test2 # cat testfile2

A

B

s53mgt:/test2 # grep -F -eB -eA testfile2

A

B

s53mgt:/test2 # grep -i -eB -eA testfile2

A

B

s53mgt:/test2 # grep -iF -eB -eA testfile2

A

B

 

s53mgt:/test2 # file testfile testfile2

testfile:  UTF-8 Unicode text

testfile2: ASCII text

 

Here’s some information on my version of “grep”.

 

s53mgt:/test2 # rpm -qif /bin/grep

Name        : grep                         Relocations: (not relocatable)

Version     : 2.5.1a                            Vendor: SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany

Release     : 20.17                         Build Date: Tue Apr 22 03:47:13 2008

Install Date: Mon Jul  6 16:21:37 2009      Build Host: blacher.suse.de

Group       : Productivity/Text/Utilities   Source RPM: grep-2.5.1a-20.17.src.rpm

Size        : 461697                           License: GPL v2 or later

Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Tue Apr 22 03:49:23 2008, Key ID a84edae89c800aca

Packager    : http://bugs.opensuse.org

URL         : http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/

Summary     : Print lines matching a pattern

Description :

GNU grep, the "fastest grep in the west" (hopefully).

 

`grep' searches for lines matching a pattern.

 

 

 

Can you confirm this?

 

What can I do about it?

 

Regards

  Andreas

 

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> Bergen, Andreas wrote:
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> Thanks for the report.  As shown below, I can't reproduce the bug with 
> grep 2.20 (the current version) in either the en_US.utf8 or the 
> de_DE.utf8 locales.  grep 2.5.1a is pretty old (dated 2004) and several 
> bugs have been fixed in this area in the last ten years, so I suggest 
> upgrading and I'm taking the liberty of marking this as done.
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> $ cat testfile
> A
> Ä
> $ grep -F -eÄ -eA testfile
> A
> Ä
> $ grep -i -eÄ -eA testfile
> A
> Ä
> $ grep -iF -eÄ -eA testfile
> A
> Ä
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