GNU bug report logs - #27763
egrep.sh: grep missing path

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Santiago Ruano Rincón <santiagorr <at> riseup.net>

Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 07:24:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 27763 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Santiago Ruano Rincón <santiagorr <at> riseup.net>,
 27763 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: 863002 <at> bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: bug#27763: egrep.sh: grep missing path
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 02:56:24 -0700

Santiago Ruano Rincón wrote:

> As suggested by this user, it would be better if egrep/fgrep script
> calls grep using its absolute path.

Debian bug 863002 doesn't explain why it would be better, as the original bug 
report is evidently a case of misunderstanding how PATH works.

Although we used to do it the way you're suggesting, the current way is better 
for users who want to specify their own 'grep' command with their own option 
preferences, and to have these preferences also apply to 'egrep' and 'fgrep'. See:

https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19998
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 141 days ago.

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