198745 – sys-apps/grep-2.5.1a-r1 has problems with -Fw

Bug 198745 - sys-apps/grep-2.5.1a-r1 has problems with -Fw

Summary: sys-apps/grep-2.5.1a-r1 has problems with -Fw

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2007-11-10 21:09 UTC by Christoph Bussenius
Modified:	2009-02-10 05:59 UTC (History)
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Description Christoph Bussenius 2007-11-10 21:09:30 UTC

The following command

echo -e 'blah blubb\nb' | grep -Fw b

prints two lines:

blah blubb
b

IMHO, the correct output would be just "b" (because of -w, it should only print lines where "b" stands alone).  It'll print the right result if you omit -F.

I've reported this bug upstream:
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?17274
They say they fixed it in some patch.  However, the current Gentoo version of grep (2.5.1a-r1) still has this problem.

Reproducible: Always

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Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2009-02-10 05:59:30 UTC

fixed with grep-2.5.3+ which is in the tree