bug#25749: grep 3.0 skips "binary" lines in ssconvert output

[Alexey Shipunov]

P.S.

That problem does not exists in 2.5.4.

AS

2017-02-15 22:36 GMT-06:00 Alexey Shipunov <address@hidden>:
> Dear Madam or Sir,
>
> That problem almost ruined my work today.
>
> I made the following note to myself but you might be also interested:
>
> ===
> current grep (2.25) is much faster than 2.5.4 from Lucid but SKIPS
> "binary" lines in ssconvert output, freshly compiled grep 3.0 skips
> less but still does it. Workaround: look for "binary match" phrase in
> the end of file and apply grep -a. Report to
> https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/html_node/Reporting-Bugs.html
> ?
>
> ===
>
> The file of question (gzipped) is attached.
>
> My system:
>
> ===
> $ uname -a
> Linux ... 4.4.0-62-generic #83-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 18 14:10:15 UTC 2017
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> ===
>
> Commands which reproduce the problem:
>
> ===
> grep . usa-format.txt > 1
> grep -a . usa-format.txt > 2
> diff 1 2
> ===
>
> Again, the problem exists with both Ubuntu Xenial default grep 2.25
> and new grep 3.0
>
> With best wishes,
>
> Alexey Shipunov