Re: grep-3.5 released [stable]

[Dennis Clarke]

On 9/28/20 1:15 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 1:11 AM Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 9/27/20 11:34 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>> Hash: SHA512
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>>> This is to announce grep-3.5, a stable release.
>>
>> 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.

I have a previous GNU grep in my path *first* before any other grep
and the configure still blows up :

alpha$ pwd
/opt/bw/build/grep-3.5_sunos5.10_sparcv9.001

alpha$ which grep
/usr/local/bin/grep

alpha$ echo $PATH
/opt/bw/bin:/opt/bw/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/xpg6/bin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/jdk/latest/bin:/opt/developerstudio12.6/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/X11/bin
alpha$

alpha$ grep --version
grep (GNU grep) 3.1
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Mike Haertel and others, see
<http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/tree/AUTHORS>.
alpha$
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$

Really?  Is this really happening ?
Do I need a black cat and a full moon?

Still baffled here. Just baffled.

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Dennis Clarke
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