[Bug 1448477] [NEW] --exclude-dir doesn't exclude all directories

[Sworddragon]

Public bug reported:

I'm using Ubuntu 15.04 dev with grep 2.20-4.1 and for example the
command "grep --exclude-dir /proc -r '' /" doesn't exclude /proc from
the search.

** Affects: grep (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  --exclude-dir doesn't exclude all directories

Status in grep package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm using Ubuntu 15.04 dev with grep 2.20-4.1 and for example the
  command "grep --exclude-dir /proc -r '' /" doesn't exclude /proc from
  the search.

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