Hello,
I don't think the following description was accurate:
On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 02:45:26PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> * tests/mktests.sh (ac_exclude_list): Fix some typos in
> recent changes: awk wants /^(a|b)$/, not /^a|b$/.
Observe:
$ echo aa | grep -E '^a|b$'
aa
Most of these typos were already present in 2.59.
I think the ChangeLog entry should be rephrased, what about:
* tests/mktests.sh (ac_exclude_list, au_exclude_list): Do not
use /^foo|bar$/, it does not mean /^(foo|bar)$/.
Have a nice day,
Stepan
