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grep package

  1. Bug #7906
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 7906

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In , jidanni (dan-jacobson) wrote : LC_CTYPE makes grep 800 times slower!

reassign 224993 grep
severity 224993 grave
severity 206470 grave
merge 206470 224993
thanks
Somebody on gnu-utils-bug please fix the grep LC_CTYPE bug!
See it http://bugs.debian.org/206470
Often greps that would take just a second have to be killed as the CPU
meter goes to max and minutes go by!
You guys in the western world don't notice it because you don't use
(certain) LC_CTYPEs.