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diff --git a/old/textutils/ChangeLog b/old/textutils/ChangeLog
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--- a/old/textutils/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Fri Nov 22 20:20:37 1996  Jim Meyering  <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov>
+
+       * src/csplit.c (process_regexp): Update CURRENT_LINE only if
+       the new value would be larger.  This avoids the infinite loop
+       otherwise provoked by situations like this:
+       printf "\na\n" | csplit - '/a/-1' '{*}'
+       From Jens Schmidt.
+
 Tue Nov 19 23:16:57 1996  Jim Meyering  <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov>
 
        * configure.in (AM_SANITY_CHECK_CC): Remove it.  Autoconf-2.11

diff --git a/old/textutils/NEWS b/old/textutils/NEWS
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--- a/old/textutils/NEWS
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@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 Changes in release 1.20
+ Changes in test release 1.19r
+* fix bug in csplit with regexp and negative offset that led to infinite loop
  Changes in test release 1.19q
 * fix bug in sort -c that sometimes resulted in a segfault
  Changes in test release 1.19p