colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (01/06/86)
Reproduce by: echo bug | grep \[ What happens: same as if you typed 'yes "RE botch"' Why: endless loop in advance() in grep.c Fix: do something sane in the default clause of the switch() _._ "On behalf of Bogopolis, I am honored to accept this ... Wait a minute! This is not the World's Largest Diamond!" "Of course not, Captain BUFFOON! It's a big chunk of VOOPTONITE!" "Auggggh! Urggggh! Gasp! ... And you're not Commander Pinkney, the Brazil- ian explorer! You're ... you're ... you're ..." "Ha HO ho haw! HAW HAW yak yak yak!" -- Col. G. L. Sicherman UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel CS: colonel@buffalo-cs BI: csdsicher@sunyabva
wombat@ccvaxa.UUCP (01/08/86)
Note that this bug is in /usr/ucb/grep, but not in /bin/grep. "When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all." Roger Zelazny, *Doorways in the Sand* Wombat ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!wombat