Re: Bug#586134: Invalid grep pattern in texi2dvi

[Hilmar Preusse]

On 04.11.10 Karl Berry (address@hidden) wrote:

Hi Karl,

>     Down here in the Debian bug tracking system we got to reports
>     regarding a broken grep pattern in texi2dvi.
> 
> Not for the first time :).
> 
Did we report that already? Sorry!

>     1713   echo "$command_line_filename" | $EGREP '^(/|[A-z]:/)' >&6 \
> 
> I fixed that in the development sources after a bug report in March.
> Current version of the script is attached.  Hope it helps.
> 
>     submitters is to use either '[A-Za-z]' or '[[:alpha:]]'.
> 
> I chose A-Za-z.  The line now reads:
>   echo "$command_line_filename" | $EGREP '^(/|[A-Za-z]:/)' >&6 \
> 
Many thanks. I think we'll apply just that change to our package.

Is there schedule for a new texinfo package?

Thanks,
  Hilmar
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