Actually, it's not a BUG.
** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to vim in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1422739 Title: Regular Expression fails to match Status in vim package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: It seems to be a BUG related to the regex engine: Sample Line To Search (there are no tabs): bli wh hummm e lzts txst 2 4 (There are multiple spaces between most words on the sample line above. A file 'bug_sample_file' has been uploaded and it contains the line as it really is) Searching consecutively from the start of the sample line above: /\S\s\+\S it doesn't stop on the char 'e' and on the char '2' as (I think) it should. Others stops (matches) are OK. Likewise, searching: /\S\s\{2,}\S It doesn't stop on the '2' as (I think) it should. The behavior is the same running: vim -u NONE bug_sample_file Attached is the file bugreport.txt generated by VIM via: :so $VIMRUNTIME/bugreport.vim ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: vim-gnome 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-45.74-generic 3.13.11-ckt13 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-45-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Feb 17 11:45:22 2015 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vim.gnome InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-06-25 (1332 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: vim UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-03 (198 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/1422739/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp