Re: Automake patch to not assume egrep or fgrep

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

Paul> I've been porting GNU tools to a stricter POSIX 1003.1-2001
Paul> environment, and noticed that Automake uses the obsolecent
Paul> commands 'egrep' and 'fgrep'.  These commands need not exist on
Paul> a modern POSIX host; you're supposed to use grep -E and grep -F
Paul> instead.

You'd better update the GNU coding standards then.
They explicitly reference and allow both egrep and fgrep.

Are there actual systems in use that don't have [ef]grep?
For instance, is this system you're using a "real" system, or some
experimental standards-conformance platform that won't be seen "in the
wild"?

Tom