[platform-testers] new snapshot available: grep-2.20.83-06900

[Jim Meyering]

Testing the first snapshot exposed several problems,
and most have been addressed. The sole remaining problem
is the failure of an "expensive" (not run by default: big-match)
that makes most systems run out of memory. I haven't looked at it yet.

Thanks to all who have helped so far, this snapshot should be
much closer to releasable.

Please let us know if you find any problems.

grep snapshot:
  http://meyering.net/grep/grep-ss.tar.xz      1.3 MB
  http://meyering.net/grep/grep-ss.tar.xz.sig
  http://meyering.net/grep/grep-2.20.83-06900.tar.xz

Changes in grep since 2.20.72-d512:

Jim Meyering (9):
      tests: avoid false-positive failure due to some zh_CN.* locales
      build: generate man pages even when existing targets are read-only
      maint: move helper function, hex_printf to init.cfg
      tests: avoid printf+\xHH portability trap
      tests: fix typo in previous change
      maint: remove spurious LC_ALL setting from one test
      tests: avoid a multibyte tr portability problem
      tests: avoid hex_printf_ portability problems
      tests: do not fail when the zh_CN.UTF-8 locale is not installed

Norihiro Tanaka (1):
      tests: avoid awk+printf+\xHH portability trap

Paul Eggert (1):
      grep: port O_NOFOLLOW errno checking to NetBSD


Changes in gnulib since 2.20.72-d512:

* gnulib d55899f...8415b67 (78):
  > socketlib, sockets, sys_socket: Use AC_REQUIRE to pacify autoconf.
  > iconv: avoid false detection of non-working iconv
  > bootstrap: print more diagnostics for missing programs
  > bootstrap: only update the gnulib submodule
  > symlinkat: port to AIX 7.1
  > readlinkat: port to AIX 7.1
  > remove spurious {
  > modules/fcntl: fix error reporting by dupfd
  > basename, dirname: Improve documentation.
  > exclude: declare exclude_patopts static
  > autoupdate
  > dirname: support compilation with C++
  > qsort_r: include <config.h>
  > avltree-list: avoid compiler warnings
  > qsort_r: new module, for GNU-style qsort_r
  > strerror_r-posix: support compilation with C++
  > fcntl-h: fix compilation with Intel C++ compiler
  > autoupdate
  > mountlist: use /proc/self/mountinfo when available
  > users.txt: add cmogstored
  > gnulib-tool: Sync with build-aux/bootstrap options
  > gnulib-tool: Fallback to wget when rsync fails
  > maintainer-makefile: add syntax check for useless ';;'
  > pthread, pthread_sigmask, threadlib: port to Ubuntu 14.04
  > error: drop spurious semicolon
  > gnulib-common.m4: port to GCC 4.2.1 and Sun Studio 12 C++
  > manywarnings: add GCC 4.9 warnings
  > vasnprintf: fix bugs in width computation
  > vasnprintf: Avoid signed/unsigned comparison warning.
  > parse-datetime: Avoid signed/unsigned comparison warning
  > qsort_r: new module, for GNU-style qsort_r
  > vla: new module
  > localename: make gl_locale_name_thread really thread-safe on Windows
  > getpass: don't assume struct termios
  > getdtablesize: fall back on sysconf (_SC_OPEN_MAX)
  > vararrays: modernize AC_C_VARARRAYS for C11
  > relocatable-prog-wrapper: port gettext to OS X 10.8 + GCC 4.8.1
  > sys_select: fix FD_ZERO problem on Solaris 10
  > accept: document Solaris 10 type glitch
  > extern-inline: port to FreeBSD, DragonFly
  > autoupdate
  > Use consistent style to check DEBUG macro in regex_internal.c
  > openat-die: use _Noreturn markup
  > test-open: port to cygwin, which lacks Fortify
  > localename: Enforce declarations before statements.
  > test-userspec: don't look up numeric user names
  > localcharset, localename: MS-Windows support for non-default locales
  > announce-gen: avoid failure when Digest::SHA is installed
  > gettext: revert "update macros to version 0.19"
  > regex: don't deref NULL upon heap allocation failure
  > maint.mk: give projects more flexibilty in set_prog_name arguments
  > regex: fix memory leak in compiler
  > announce-gen: avoid perl warnings
  > localename: avoid -Wsuggest-attribute={const,pure} warnings
  > nl_langinfo: Fix last change.
  > Define macros for glibc
  > Sync up error.c with glibc
  > nl_langinfo: fix build under mingw
  > mountlist: do not classify a bind-mounted dir entry as "dummy"
  > maint.mk: less syntax-check noise when SIGPIPE is ignored
  > nl_langinfo: CODESET on MS-Windows and more items from localeconv
  > Bruno Haible has stepped down as maintainer.
  > mktime: merge #if/#ifdef usage from glibc
  > git-version-gen: improve option descriptions
  > regex: fix memory leak in compiler
  > regex: merge patch from libc
  > acl: port to gcc -Wredundant-decls
  > parse-duration: eliminate 68-year duration limit
  > pthread: don't assume AC_CANONICAL_HOST, port better to Solaris, etc.
  > pthread: define thread-safe macros on some platforms
  > regex: don't be multithreaded if USE_UNLOCKED_IO.
  > gettext: update macros to version 0.19
  > select,poll: fix console handle check on windows 8
  > select: fix waiting on anonymous pipes on MS-Windows
  > times: fix to return non constant value on MS-Windows
  > isatty: fix to work on windows 8
  > maint: fix typo in fdl.texi
  > mountlist: avoid hasmntopt const type warning on solaris