[Logcheck-devel] Bug#299445: logcheck: invalid regulart expression

[Slaanesh]

Package: logcheck
Version: 1.2.35
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Command /usr/sbin/logcheck dies with following error message:
grep: invalid regular expression


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11
Locale: LANG=fr_FR at euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages logcheck depends on:
ii  adduser          3.63                    Add and remove users and groups
ii  cron             3.0pl1-87               management of regular background p
ii  debconf [debconf 1.4.46                  Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils      2.13.1                  Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  lockfile-progs   0.1.10                  Programs for locking and unlocking
ii  logcheck-databas 1.2.35                  A database of system log rules for
ii  logtail          1.2.35                  Print log file lines that have not
ii  mailx            1:8.1.2-0.20040524cvs-4 A simple mail user agent
ii  postfix [mail-tr 2.1.5-9                 A high-performance mail transport 
ii  sysklogd [system 1.4.1-16                System Logging Daemon

-- debconf information:
* logcheck/noroot:
  logcheck/changes:
* logcheck/install-note: