Re: grep-3.5 released [stable]

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 1:11 AM Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org> wrote:
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> On 9/27/20 11:34 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
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> > This is to announce grep-3.5, a stable release.
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> This instantly baffles me on Solaris 10 :
>
> alpha$ ./configure --prefix=/opt/bw --disable-silent-rules \
> > --enable-dependency-tracking --enable-threads=posix --without-gnu-ld \
> > --with-libsigsegv-prefix=/opt/bw --with-libiconv-prefix=/opt/bw \
> > --with-libintl-prefix=/opt/bw
> configure: error: no working 'grep' found
>   A working 'grep' command is needed to build GNU Grep.
>   This 'grep' should support -e and long lines.
>   On Solaris 10, install the package SUNWggrp or SUNWxcu4.
>   On Solaris 11, install the package text/gnu-grep or system/xopen/xcu4.
> alpha$
> alpha$ which grep
> /usr/xpg4/bin/grep
> alpha$
>
> Baffling.

grep cannot bootstrap itself. It is a known problem.

Jeff