Wouldn't it make sense to have grep reply with 'For the reasons laid out in bug #238237, grep does not support -P. Please use pcregrep instead'
or something along those lines? This would nicely solve the /usr issue, not require static linking and still give the user an immediate solution to this very unexpected problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]