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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ GNU grep NEWS -*- outline -*- --files-without-match (-L) [bug introduced in grep-2.10] + grep no longer emits an error message and quits on MS-Windows when + invoked with the -r option. + +** New features + + grep now supports color highlighting of matches on MS-Windows. * Noteworthy changes in release 2.10 (2011-11-16) [stable] @@ -34,7 +40,7 @@ GNU grep NEWS -*- outline -*- grep no longer mishandles high-bit-set pattern bytes on systems where "char" is a signed type. [bug appears to affect only MS-Windows] - grep now rejects a command like "grep -r pattern . > out", + On POSIX systems, grep now rejects a command like "grep -r pattern . > out", in which the output file is also one of the inputs, because it can result in an "infinite" disk-filling loop. [bug present since "the beginning"] |