strange behaviour : grep -i --colour ""

[Lowell Gilbert]

martinko <martinkov at pobox.sk> writes:

> hello,
> 
> i've just found out that while 'grep -i ""' and 'grep --colour ""'
> behave as expected (by myself), running 'grep -i --colour ""' results
> in very strange behaviour - grep consumes all available cpu and, based
> on its input and terminal type, its output is definitely not what it
> should be.
> 
> is this a known issue pls (i couldn't find anything about it) or am i
> just missing something ?
> 
> regards,
> 
> martin
> 
> ps: observed on freebsd 5.3r-p5

I can't reproduce it on yesterday's -STABLE...