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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/grep/util.c,v
retrieving revision 1.37
retrieving revision 1.38
diff -u -r1.37 -r1.38
--- src/usr.bin/grep/util.c	2010/04/05 03:03:55	1.37
+++ src/usr.bin/grep/util.c	2010/04/25 14:13:36	1.38
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: util.c,v 1.37 2010/04/05 03:03:55 tedu Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: util.c,v 1.38 2010/04/25 14:13:36 eric Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1999 James Howard and Dag-Erling Coïdan Smørgrav
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
 	fg->reversedSearch = 0;
 
 	/* Remove end-of-line character ('$'). */
-	if (pattern[fg->patternLen - 1] == '$') {
+	if (fg->patternLen > 0 && pattern[fg->patternLen - 1] == '$') {
 		eol++;
 		fg->eol = 1;
 		fg->patternLen--;