GNU bug report logs - #17493
new snapshot available: grep-2.18.146-ebf3

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Cc: TP coordinator <coordinator <at> translationproject.org>,
 platform-testers <at> gnu.org
Subject: new snapshot available: grep-2.18.146-ebf3
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 11:45:09 -0700

There have been no reports of build or test failures, other
than the Solaris /bin/sh one for which Paul Eggert wrote
the patch listed below.

Some have raised the issue that egrep and fgrep are now
shell scripts (they were executables in 2.18), and thus
won't work in a system without a bourne shell. We expect
to accommodate the usage of those obsolescent wrappers
for "grep -E" and "grep -F" on such fringe systems with
a 2.20 release that will follow soon after.

I expect to release grep-2.19 tomorrow or Thursday, so any
testing you can do before then would be most welcome.

grep snapshot:
  http://meyering.net/grep/grep-ss.tar.xz      1.2 MB
  http://meyering.net/grep/grep-ss.tar.xz.sig
  http://meyering.net/grep/grep-2.18.146-ebf3.tar.xz

Changes in grep since 2.18.143-b298:

Jim Meyering (2):
      maint: NEWS: move "Improvements" to the top
      maint: NEWS: adjust wording to reflect move

Paul Eggert (1):
      egrep, fgrep: port to Solaris 10 /bin/sh


Changes in gnulib since 2.18.143-b298:

* gnulib a0712c3...c2e80b7 (3):
  > update from texinfo
  > autoupdate
  > autoupdate

Message #8 received at 17493 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini <at> gnu.org>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>, 17493 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: TP coordinator <coordinator <at> translationproject.org>,
 platform-testers <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17493: new snapshot available: grep-2.18.146-ebf3
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 21:23:15 +0200

Il 14/05/2014 20:45, Jim Meyering ha scritto:
> There have been no reports of build or test failures, other
> than the Solaris /bin/sh one for which Paul Eggert wrote
> the patch listed below.
>
> Some have raised the issue that egrep and fgrep are now
> shell scripts (they were executables in 2.18), and thus
> won't work in a system without a bourne shell. We expect
> to accommodate the usage of those obsolescent wrappers
> for "grep -E" and "grep -F" on such fringe systems with
> a 2.20 release that will follow soon after.

I'm appalled.

Paolo

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