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| -rwxr-xr-x | tests/big-match | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tests/big-match b/tests/big-match index 20928cf7..0da97316 100755 --- a/tests/big-match +++ b/tests/big-match @@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ skip_diagnostic= # These two patterns catch different kinds of # failures due to internal integer overflows. -for pattern in '^.*' '^.*x\(\)\1'; do +# However, the second one, '^.*x\(\)\1', provokes +# so much memory consumption via regexec.c that it renders +# some systems unusable. +for pattern in '^.*'; do diagnostic=$(LC_ALL=C grep -a "$pattern" 2G-plus-2 2>&1 >/dev/null) status=$? |