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From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 22:39:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] diff: don't crash if regexp is invalid
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Problem reported by Marcel Böhme in:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-diffutils/2017-04/msg00002.html
* src/diff.c (add_regexp): Exit if re_compile_pattern fails.
---
 src/diff.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/diff.c b/src/diff.c
index 76851ac..48b6235 100644
--- a/src/diff.c
+++ b/src/diff.c
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ add_regexp (struct regexp_list *reglist, char const *pattern)
   char const *m = re_compile_pattern (pattern, patlen, reglist->buf);
 
   if (m != 0)
-    error (0, 0, "%s: %s", pattern, m);
+    error (EXIT_TROUBLE, 0, "%s: %s", pattern, m);
   else
     {
       char *regexps = reglist->regexps;
-- 
2.9.3