283574 – sys-apps/grep: grep -i {pattern-with-capital-letter} does not color output

Bug 283574 - sys-apps/grep: grep -i {pattern-with-capital-letter} does not color output

Summary: sys-apps/grep: grep -i {pattern-with-capital-letter} does not color output

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

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

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

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Reported:	2009-09-03 08:07 UTC by Nikhil Patil
Modified:	2010-03-23 21:11 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Nikhil Patil 2009-09-03 08:07:30 UTC

When -i and --color are used together and the pattern contains a capital letter, the output itself is correct, but not colored correctly.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
$ unset GREP_COLOR  # reset to default
$ unset GREP_COLORS # reset to default
$ export LANG=C

$ echo a |grep --color=always -i a
a  ---> RED :)
$ echo a |grep --color=always -i A
a  ---> NO-COLOR :(
$ echo A |grep --color=always -i A
A  ---> NO-COLOR :(



This bug was:
- present in 2.5.1a-r1,
- not present in 2.5.3-r1,
- but is present again in 2.5.4 and 2.5.4-r1

Seems like an upstream/debian-patch issue, but I am not very sure.

Comment 1 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-09-03 16:38:19 UTC

Setting also LC_ALL=C is sometimes required to reproduce this bug.

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2010-03-23 21:11:25 UTC

seems to be fixed for real with grep-2.6