Re: grep

[Hans-Bernhard Broeker]

Saundra Nicole Carter Glover <address@hidden> wrote:

> I am running the tests in the directory grep-2.4.2/tests with the
> 'make check'
> command. 

Have you build 'grep' itself, before (using 'configure ; make' and
maybe 'make install', too?)

> I am under the impression that these tests in this directory
> are supposed to test the environment and configuration. They are not
> supposed to test the functionality of grep. Is this true?

No. They're supposed to test grep.

> grep --version
> grep: illegal option -- -
> grep: illegal option -- e
> grep: illegal option -- r
> grep: illegal option -- o
> Usage: grep -hblcnsviw pattern file . . .

This only means that you've executed the system's preinstalled "grep",
rather than the one you should have compiled before you ran "make
check".
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