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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2022-12-05 14:16:45 -0800
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2022-12-05 14:17:29 -0800
commitb061d24916fb9a14da37a3f2a05cb80dc65cfd38 (patch)
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downloadgrep-b061d24916fb9a14da37a3f2a05cb80dc65cfd38.tar.gz
grep: bug: backref in last of multiple patterns
* NEWS: Mention this. * src/dfasearch.c (GEAcompile): Trim trailing newline from the last pattern, even if it has back-references and follows a pattern that lacks back-references. * tests/backref: Add test for this bug.
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@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ GNU grep NEWS -*- outline -*-
* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+** Bug fixes
+
+ When given multiple patterns the last of which has a back-reference,
+ grep no longer sometimes mistakenly matches lines in some cases.
+ [Bug#36148#13 introduced in grep 3.4]
+
* Noteworthy changes in release 3.8 (2022-09-02) [stable]