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Re: Autoconf. Generated configure file may use grep but does not unset t
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Autoconf. Generated configure file may use grep but does not unset the GREP_OPTIONS. |
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Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:56:38 -0600 |
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According to Ilay Bobir on 4/4/2009 5:57 PM:
> Hi,
>
> Starting with version 2.4 GNU grep supports specification of default
> option values via GREP_OPTIONS environment variable. Many if not all of
> the configure files generated by the autoconf use grep. For example,
> configure file for libtool uses grep.
Thanks for the report. I agree that unsetting GREP_OPTIONS as part of
AC_PROG_GREP (and friends) sounds reasonable, so I will add this to my
todo list (I ran out of time to write the patch today, but wanted you to
at least know your email did not hit a black hole).
- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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