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

[Jim Meyering]

Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 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?

I would like to defer the branch at least until
after the TAB->space indentation changes, so that
we don't have the hassle of merging through those.

Thinking of that, maybe it's best to defer your -Fw '' fix until
after that global change, too.

> 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.