[bug #44798] Portability - not all grep(1) implementations support -e

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URL:
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                 Summary: Portability - not all grep(1) implementations
support -e
                 Project: GNU troff
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Fri 10 Apr 2015 09:32:18 AM UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect behaviour
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

Greetings,

Sadly, not all grep(1) implementations support -e, this is the case
for Solaris 10's /usr/bin/grep.

The attached patch uses the grep found by configure in preference to
hard-coding the use of grep, and assuming it accepts -e.

Regards,
Peter Bray
Sydney, Australia




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Date: Fri 10 Apr 2015 09:32:18 AM UTC  Name: hdtbl.patch  Size: 2kB   By: None

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=33628>

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