bug#23844: broken: randomly detexts textf files as binary

2016-09-08 Thread Paul Eggert
On 09/08/2016 01:58 PM, Matteo Sisti Sette wrote: Sorry, the right url is: http://matteosistisette.com/test/grep_bug/profile.php.gz Whether or not the original description in the ubuntu bug was clear enough, this test case should be, right? Yes, it's a clear test case. And it works for me wit

bug#23844: closed (Re: bug#23844: broken: randomly detexts textf files as binary)

2016-09-08 Thread Matteo Sisti Sette
Sorry, the right url is: http://matteosistisette.com/test/grep_bug/profile.php.gz Whether or not the original description in the ubuntu bug was clear enough, this test case should be, right? On 08/09/16 22:54, Paul Eggert wrote: On 09/08/2016 01:17 PM, Matteo Sisti Sette wrote: > I just n

bug#23844: closed (Re: bug#23844: broken: randomly detexts textf files as binary)

2016-09-08 Thread Paul Eggert
On 09/08/2016 01:17 PM, Matteo Sisti Sette wrote: > I just now re-read https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grep/+bug/1535458 and it's not clear to me what bug is being reported > downstream. Just read the description in the original report, it should be pretty clear what the problem is

bug#23844: closed (Re: bug#23844: broken: randomly detexts textf files as binary)

2016-09-08 Thread Matteo Sisti Sette
"because there has been no further comment" doesn't seem to me a good reason to close a bug. > I just now re-read https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grep/+bug/1535458 and it's not clear to me what bug is being reported > downstream. Just read the description in the original report, it

bug#23844: broken: randomly detexts textf files as binary

2016-09-07 Thread Paul Eggert
php fan wrote: What is the status of this bug?? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grep/+bug/1535458 No further comment at http://bugs.gnu.org/23844 so I am closing Bug#23844. I just now re-read https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grep/+bug/1535458 and it's not clear to me what

bug#23844: broken: randomly detexts textf files as binary

2016-06-25 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi php fan, On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 00:09:09 +0200 php fan wrote: > What is the status of this bug?? > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grep/+bug/1535458 > I think I ran into a similar problem when trying to search through HexChat logs. Anyway, in the meanwhile, you can try passing the

bug#23844: broken: randomly detexts textf files as binary

2016-06-25 Thread Paul Eggert
On 06/25/2016 12:09 AM, php fan wrote: What is the status of this bug?? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grep/+bug/1535458 You can use either 'grep -a FOO' or 'LC_ALL=C grep FOO' to search through arbitrarily encoded files. You may get a 'binary files' message if your locale specif

bug#23844: broken: randomly detexts textf files as binary

2016-06-24 Thread php fan
What is the status of this bug?? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grep/+bug/1535458 This is a critical issue that renders grep completely unusable. It was said to be fixed upstream but then they say it regressed again...