match function hangs
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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mawk (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Testcase:
mawk '{print match($0,/(a*)*/)}'
hangs with any input. I expect it to print an integer number for each line in input and exit thereafter.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: mawk 1.3.3-17ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sun Jul 19 12:00:02 2015
Dependencies:
gcc-4.9-base 4.9.1-0ubuntu1
libc6 2.19-0ubuntu6.6
libgcc1 1:4.9.1-0ubuntu1
multiarch-support 2.19-0ubuntu6.6
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-21 (301 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.1)
SourcePackage: mawk
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
See also https:/ /code.google. com/p/original- mawk/issues/ detail? id=34&thanks= 34&ts=143820660 5