Package: grep Version: 2.6.3-3 Severity: important How to reproduce this issue:
% seq 10000 > /tmp/test-grep.txt % LANG=C /usr/bin/time grep . /tmp/test-grep.txt > /dev/null 0.00user 0.00system 0:00.01elapsed 66%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 2816maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (0major+229minor)pagefaults 0swaps % LANG=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/time grep . /tmp/test-grep.txt > /dev/null 7.53user 0.00system 0:07.54elapsed 99%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 3936maxresident)k 0inputs+8outputs (0major+331minor)pagefaults 0swaps FWIW, this also happens with "LANG=C" and "LC_CTYPE=de_AT.UTF-8". I've checked with upstream grep 2.7, and it appears that this issue is fixed there. I also tested with lenny's version (2.5.3), and it doesn't exhibit the issue as well. This bug also potentially affects other packages that use "grep ." to check for empty lines, such as "fwanalog" which takes a ridiculously long time to run its daily cron job. I therefore would really like to see this bug fixed for squeeze. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages grep depends on: ii dpkg 1.15.8.5 Debian package management system ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-6 Manage installed documentation in ii libc6 2.11.2-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib grep recommends no packages. Versions of packages grep suggests: ii libpcre3 8.02-1.1 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
