Activity log for bug #1535458

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2016-01-18 21:50:36 Teo bug added bug
2016-02-22 16:47:47 Launchpad Janitor grep (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2016-02-24 20:23:29 Brian Murray bug watch added http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=799956
2016-03-02 18:48:59 Brian Murray marked as duplicate 1547466
2016-04-28 22:13:38 teo1978 bug added subscriber Brian Murray
2016-04-29 12:41:34 teo1978 removed duplicate marker 1547466
2016-06-04 05:16:31 sudodus bug added subscriber sudodus
2016-06-04 12:23:37 Alberto Salvia Novella grep (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2016-06-04 12:25:43 Alberto Salvia Novella tags amd64 apport-bug wily amd64 apport-bug wily xenial
2016-06-08 06:33:39 Mathew Hodson tags amd64 apport-bug wily xenial amd64 apport-bug regression-release wily xenial
2016-06-08 06:34:09 Mathew Hodson bug task added grep (Debian)
2016-06-08 06:35:12 Mathew Hodson tags amd64 apport-bug regression-release wily xenial amd64 apport-bug regression-release wily
2016-06-08 06:43:06 Mathew Hodson nominated for series Ubuntu Wily
2016-06-08 06:43:55 Mathew Hodson grep (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Fix Committed
2016-06-08 09:17:23 sudodus attachment added seen-binary-by-grep.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grep/+bug/1535458/+attachment/4679678/+files/seen-binary-by-grep.txt
2016-06-09 00:10:50 Bug Watch Updater grep (Debian): status Unknown Fix Released
2016-06-09 00:47:05 teo1978 grep (Ubuntu): status Fix Committed Confirmed
2016-06-10 08:13:37 Martin Pitt bug added subscriber Martin Pitt
2016-06-13 22:38:43 Mathew Hodson tags amd64 apport-bug regression-release wily amd64 apport-bug regression-release wily xenial yakkety
2016-06-24 20:41:48 Alberto Salvia Novella nominated for series Ubuntu Xenial
2016-06-24 20:46:21 Alberto Salvia Novella description I have a folder with a bunch of subfolder and several hundred or thousands files, most of them PHP files (obviously text). I often use grep recursively, like this: $ grep -R somepattern * Since the upgrade from 15.04 to 15.10, it often happens that a lot of text files are wrongly treated as binary. That means that, when a match is found, instead of getting the normal output which would show the file name and the matching line (with the matching substring highlighted), I get the bogus message: binary file whatever.php matches Just to be clear: in one invocation of grep -R, I get mixed output with a lot of matches shown in the expected way and quit e a few matches shown in the wrong way, even though ALL matching files are text files. This worked as expected before the upgrade from 15.04 and 15.10. This is a HUGE issue that makes it impossible to do everyday developing work. Until you fix it, please f***ing roll back grep to the previous version, because this sh** is unusable. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: grep 2.21-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-23.28-generic 4.2.6 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-23-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Jan 18 22:43:51 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (829 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) SourcePackage: grep UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2016-01-18 (0 days ago) I have a folder with a bunch of subfolder and several hundred or thousands files, most of them PHP files (obviously text). I often use grep recursively, like this:   $ grep -R somepattern * Since the upgrade from 15.04 to 15.10, it often happens that a lot of text files are wrongly treated as binary. That means that, when a match is found, instead of getting the normal output which would show the file name and the matching line (with the matching substring highlighted), I get the bogus message:   binary file whatever.php matches Just to be clear: in one invocation of grep -R, I get mixed output with a lot of matches shown in the expected way and quit e a few matches shown in the wrong way, even though ALL matching files are text files. This worked as expected before the upgrade from 15.04 and 15.10. This is a HUGE issue that makes it impossible to do everyday developing work. Until you fix it, please roll back grep to the previous version, because it is unusable. Thanks for your attention 🌼 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: grep 2.21-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-23.28-generic 4.2.6 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-23-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Jan 18 22:43:51 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (829 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) SourcePackage: grep UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2016-01-18 (0 days ago)
2016-06-25 06:15:33 Mathew Hodson description I have a folder with a bunch of subfolder and several hundred or thousands files, most of them PHP files (obviously text). I often use grep recursively, like this:   $ grep -R somepattern * Since the upgrade from 15.04 to 15.10, it often happens that a lot of text files are wrongly treated as binary. That means that, when a match is found, instead of getting the normal output which would show the file name and the matching line (with the matching substring highlighted), I get the bogus message:   binary file whatever.php matches Just to be clear: in one invocation of grep -R, I get mixed output with a lot of matches shown in the expected way and quit e a few matches shown in the wrong way, even though ALL matching files are text files. This worked as expected before the upgrade from 15.04 and 15.10. This is a HUGE issue that makes it impossible to do everyday developing work. Until you fix it, please roll back grep to the previous version, because it is unusable. Thanks for your attention 🌼 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: grep 2.21-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-23.28-generic 4.2.6 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-23-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Jan 18 22:43:51 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (829 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) SourcePackage: grep UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2016-01-18 (0 days ago) I have a folder with a bunch of subfolder and several hundred or thousands files, most of them PHP files (obviously text). I often use grep recursively, like this:   $ grep -R somepattern * Since the upgrade from 15.04 to 15.10, it often happens that a lot of text files are wrongly treated as binary. That means that, when a match is found, instead of getting the normal output which would show the file name and the matching line (with the matching substring highlighted), I get the bogus message:   binary file whatever.php matches Just to be clear: in one invocation of grep -R, I get mixed output with a lot of matches shown in the expected way and quite a few matches shown in the wrong way, even though ALL matching files are text files. This worked as expected before the upgrade from 15.04 and 15.10. This is a HUGE issue that makes it impossible to do everyday developing work. Until you fix it, please roll back grep to the previous version, because it is unusable. Thanks for your attention ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: grep 2.21-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-23.28-generic 4.2.6 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-23-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Jan 18 22:43:51 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (829 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) SourcePackage: grep UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2016-01-18 (0 days ago)
2017-10-30 05:10:37 Mathew Hodson tags amd64 apport-bug regression-release wily xenial yakkety amd64 apport-bug regression-release testcase wily xenial yakkety