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+#! /bin/sh
+# Test for a bug in glibc's regex code as of 2015-09-19.
+#
+# Copyright 2015-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+# are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
+# notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
+
+echo aa > in || framework_failure_
+
+fail=0
+
+grep -E 'b|(.)b|\1|b' in >out
+status=$?
+# POSIX isn't clear whether this regular expression should be invalid,
+# (because the \1 is out of range for REs that could precede it)
+# or valid but \1 should not match.  Allow either interpretation.
+test $status -eq 2 || test $status -eq 1 || fail=1
+
+grep -E '0|()0|\1|0' in >out
+status=$?
+test $status -eq 2 || test $status -eq 1 || fail=1
+
+Exit $fail