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+#! /bin/sh
+# Before grep-2.19, grep -P and -w/-x would not work with a back-reference.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+# are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
+# notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
+require_pcre_
+
+echo aa > in || framework_failure_
+echo 'grep: reference to non-existent subpattern' > exp-err \
+  || framework_failure_
+
+fail=0
+
+for xw in x w; do
+  grep -P$xw '(.)\1' in > out 2>&1 || fail=1
+  compare out in || fail=1
+
+  grep -P$xw '(.)\2' in > out 2> err && fail=1
+  compare /dev/null out || fail=1
+  compare exp-err err || fail=1
+done
+
+Exit $fail