El 19/07/17 a las 02:56, Paul Eggert escribió: > Santiago Ruano Rincón wrote: > > > As suggested by this user, it would be better if egrep/fgrep script > > calls grep using its absolute path. > > Debian bug 863002 doesn't explain why it would be better, as the original > bug report is evidently a case of misunderstanding how PATH works.
The bug submitter sent me I private mail about that. I let him explain it publicly answering to this mail. For me, "it would be better" just because it makes egrep/fgrep call the grep installed by the package. > Although we used to do it the way you're suggesting, the current way is > better for users who want to specify their own 'grep' command with their own > option preferences, and to have these preferences also apply to 'egrep' and > 'fgrep'. See: > > https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19998 That makes sense. Thanks for your answer, Santiago
