[bug #59498] Unescaped wildcards in `strip.sed`

[John Gardner]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59498>

                 Summary: Unescaped wildcards in `strip.sed`
                 Project: GNU troff
            Submitted by: alhadis
            Submitted on: Sun 22 Nov 2020 07:13:12 PM AEDT
                Category: Macro - others
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Warning/Suspicious behaviour
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

_`strip.sed`_ contains two lines which, given their context, seem meant for
_`.ds`_ and _`.as`_ requests only:


  /.[ad]s/!s/[   ]*\\"//
  /.[ad]s/s/\([^         ]*\)\\"/\1/


This should, of course, be:


  /\.[ad]s/!s/[  ]*\\"//
  /\.[ad]s/s/\([^        ]*\)\\"/\1/






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