Bug 1159012

Summary: inconsistent \w and [[:alnum:]] behaviour
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad>
Component: grepAssignee: Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Jan Kepler <jkejda>
Severity: medium Docs Contact: Jana Heves <jsvarova>
Priority: medium    
Version: 7.1CC: isenfeld, lmiksik, lzachar, mfrodl, ovasik, qe-baseos-apps
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Patch, Regression
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: grep-2.20-2.el7 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Cause: Previously the behavior of \w and \W symbols in regular expressions were inconsistent with the behavior of [:alnum:] character class. Consequence: Some expressions could cause incorrect match/non-match. Fix: Upstream fix was backported that makes the behavior consistent. Result: Now \w is synonym for [_[:alnum:]] and \W for [^_[:alnum:]].
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: 799863 Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-11-19 06:56:03 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On: 799863, 1187243    
Bug Blocks: 1110700, 1191021, 1205796    

Comment 3 Jaroslav Škarvada 2015-02-17 17:04:56 UTC
*** Bug 1187243 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Jaroslav Škarvada 2015-02-17 17:09:22 UTC
*** Bug 1108221 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 06:56:03 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2111.html