On 7/18/20 8:06 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > Builds work for me on Solaris 10 sparc, but then I don't have a > locally-installed /usr/local/bin/grep to get in the way and cause > trouble. I suggest removing /usr/local/bin from your PATH, or setting > the GREP environment variable to be the 'grep' you prefer. > > I used > PATH='/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/r/share1/src/developerstudio12.6/bin' in my > build, and got this: > > checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/xpg4/bin/grep > checking for egrep... /usr/xpg4/bin/grep -E > > It is true that you need a working 'grep' to build GNU grep, just as you > need a working 'cp' to build GNU cp. The GNU coding standards allow > builds to depend on a small set of POSIX tools, and 'grep' and 'cp' are > both on the list.
My tone certainly could have been better. Sorry. I simply do not see why this is a problem given that I have the installed XPG4 grep as well as GNU grep in my path and they are both working fine. I have no idea why configure seems baffled by this. Very frustrating. Dennis
