Re: RS='.^' apparently ignores the RS setting

[Ed Morton]

On 7/20/2021 1:42 AM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> Ed Morton <mortoneccc@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > On 7/19/2021 2:39 AM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> > > arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > I think this is a bug in the dfa and regexp libraries that gawk uses,
> > > > and have sent a report to the gnulib list asking them to explore it
> > > > further, or to explain to me what I'm doing wrong.
> > > I am now convinced that this is a bug in the GNULIB regex and dfa
> > > library routines.  I don't know if the GNULIB guys will fix it or not;
> > > doing so is definitely beyond my skill level.
> > >
> > > Arnold
> > Arnold - thanks for the followup! Is there a link you could provide to
> > the GNULIB bug report just so we have a reference?
> >
> >       Ed.
> https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gnulib/2021-07/msg00026.html is the
> start of the thread.
>
> I am not optimistic.
>
> Arnold
Yeah, they don't seem particularly keen to actually address the issue. 
Oh, well, you did what you could to let them know about it and correct 
their misunderstanding about it and even point them to the area of their 
code where the bug probably lies so now it's up to them.

Thanks again for following up on this.

    Ed.