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authorPaolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>2010-03-31 10:22:46 +0200
committerPaolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>2010-04-17 03:33:37 +0200
commit5321c26cb05c76a91e32f9065b6880de6afbcd00 (patch)
tree465523fb3e2b196f06c0295295f352549a2d8f49 /NEWS
parent2018d0e41f8f2821ed176b71c9e910050c436d94 (diff)
downloadgrep-5321c26cb05c76a91e32f9065b6880de6afbcd00.tar.gz
grep: fix matching the empty string with grep -Fw
* NEWS: Document fix. * src/kwsearch.c (Fexecute): The empty string is a valid match if it is a whole word.
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@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ GNU grep NEWS -*- outline -*-
* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+** Bug fixes
+
+ Searching with grep -Fw for an empty string would not match an
+ empty line. [bug present since "the beginning"]
+
* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.3 (2010-04-02) [stable]