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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2012-05-15 09:26:02 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2012-05-15 09:27:53 -0700 |
| commit | 582cdfacf297181c2c5ffec83fd8a3c0f6562fc6 (patch) | |
| tree | 8f47211239f95c6e25f191e7bc48a950aff320e3 /NEWS | |
| parent | 6c4a43ab84bc20d39128c390d14fba36f668ad98 (diff) | |
| download | grep-582cdfacf297181c2c5ffec83fd8a3c0f6562fc6.tar.gz | |
grep: sparse files are now considered binary
* NEWS: Document this.
* doc/grep.texi (File and Directory Selection): Likewise.
* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add stat-size.
* src/main.c: Include stat-size.h.
(usable_st_size): New function, mostly stolen from coreutils.
(fillbuf): Use it.
(file_is_binary): New function, which looks for holes too.
(grep): Use it.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add big-hole.
* tests/big-hole: New file.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ GNU grep NEWS -*- outline -*- PATTERN *" again reads all *.c and *.h files except for system.h. [bug introduced in grep-2.6] +** New features + + 'grep' without -z now treats a sparse file as binary, if it can + easily determine that the file is sparse. + ** Dropped features Bootstrapping with Makefile.boot has been broken since grep 2.6, @@ -45,7 +50,6 @@ GNU grep NEWS -*- outline -*- use -R if you prefer the old behavior of following all symlinks and defaulting to reading all devices. - * Noteworthy changes in release 2.11 (2012-03-02) [stable] ** Bug fixes |