Package: grep Version: 2.5.1.ds1-4 Severity: important
egrep is supposed to support beginning of word (\<) and end of word (\>) anchors. For some reason, when invoked as egrep, the end of word anchor does not work. Contrast: $ grep 'bug\>' /usr/share/dict/words bedbug bedbug's bug bug's debug firebug firebug's humbug humbug's jitterbug jitterbug's ladybug ladybug's litterbug litterbug's shutterbug $ egrep 'bug\>' /usr/share/dict/words (no results) -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.7eagle-20040916 Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages grep depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
