Re: problem with egrep and fgrep

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 01:38:17AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> It would seem that in your case it would be best to install the gnu
> tools with a prefix so that they are distinguished from the native
> system binaries.  Some people use 'g' at the front and some put a
> 'gnu' in front as in gnugrep.  Perhaps using the configure prefix
> option would work well for you?

unfortunately, curent GNU grep doesn't put the prefix to the fgrep
and egrep scripts.  So it doesn't work out-out-of-the-box, sorry.

I'll fix it.

Stepan