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

[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 with grep 2.25 (see 
attached transcript). So it appears that your particular bug (whatever 
it was) is fixed.

If you want 'grep' to output arbitrary binary data, you need to use 
grep's -a option. That has been true for many years (though the details 
about what constitutes "binary" have changed). I.e., the -a option is 
the only way to avoid that "Binary file matches" message in all cases.

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