Bug#617183: apt-file: search just returns 'grep: conflicting matchers specified'

2011-03-07 Thread Stefan Fritsch
On Monday 07 March 2011, you wrote: Running `apt-file search 'pattern'` simply prints grep: conflicting matchers specified grep: conflicting matchers specified grep: conflicting matchers specified grep: conflicting matchers specified grep: conflicting matchers specified with every pattern

Bug#617183: apt-file: search just returns 'grep: conflicting matchers specified'

2011-03-07 Thread Daniel Bolton
Setting GREP_OPTIONS= seems to have fixed the problem. The grep manual warns that '--perl-regexp' is experimental, so this might not be a problem with apt-file after all. It might also be worth noting that grep is aliased to grep --color=auto on one user account. % which zgrep /bin/zgrep % ls

Bug#617183: apt-file: search just returns 'grep: conflicting matchers specified'

2011-03-07 Thread Stefan Fritsch
On Monday 07 March 2011, you wrote: Setting GREP_OPTIONS= seems to have fixed the problem. The grep manual warns that '--perl-regexp' is experimental, so this might not be a problem with apt-file after all. apt-file should unset GREP_OPTIONS before calling grep, then. That's still a bug. It

Bug#617183: apt-file: search just returns 'grep: conflicting matchers specified'

2011-03-06 Thread Daniel Bolton
Package: apt-file Version: 2.4.2 Severity: important Running `apt-file search 'pattern'` simply prints grep: conflicting matchers specified grep: conflicting matchers specified grep: conflicting matchers specified grep: conflicting matchers specified grep: conflicting matchers specified with