Package: grep
Version: 2.25-6
Severity: normal

Given after-context=3 it is expected to output at least 4 lines
as documented, but adding max-count=1 makes it stop on the next
matching line.

What I do:

$ printf '%s\n' a b a c | grep -m1 -A3 a

What I see:

a
b

What I expect:

a
b
a
c

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages grep depends on:
ii  dpkg          1.18.9
ii  install-info  6.1.0.dfsg.1-8
ii  libc6         2.23-1
ii  libpcre3      2:8.38-3.1

grep recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grep suggests:
ii  libpcre3  2:8.38-3.1

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