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25.0.93; Clarify the dependency on find/grep for platforms not having those tools

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 23451 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Subject: bug#23451: 25.0.93; Clarify the dependency on find/grep for platforms not having those tools
Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 08:59:46 +0300

> Cc: 23451 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
> Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 01:00:18 +0300
> 
> On 5/29/17 8:35 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > I think we should simply test explicitly for 'find' and 'grep' being
> > available, before we run the command.
> 
> Windows comes with find.exe, though, one we can't use.

Yes, I meant to test it's the find we expect, not the one which comes
with Windows out of the box.  Which means not just executable-find,
but something a bit more sophisticated.

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