Re: Latest snapshot and glibc regex support

[Matthew Burgess]

On 19/03/2010 10:03, Jim Meyering wrote:

> We expect a reversed range to make grep give a diagnostic and exit 2.
> With glibc (--without-included-regex), you get no diagnostic and exit 1.

OK, following the gnulib change at 
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2010-02/msg00006.html and 
subsequent bug report at 
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11244 I've come up with 
the attached patch (against the latest snapshot).  It results in grep 
using Glibc's regex implementation and all tests pass.

However, I will admit (hopefully before the laughter starts!) that I'm 
not an experienced C coder, so the patch might just be a fluke!  I am 
certainly more than happy to receive constructive criticism on its 
contents or format though.

Regards,

Matt.

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