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Re: [PATCH] grep: do not do external grep on skip-worktree entries

From
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date
Jan 3, 2010, 03:08 UTC
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<fc339e4a1001021847hf1e1a7fq894de7908839ff77@mail.gmail.com>
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> writes:
>> Isn't "-e" a "classic" grep option tho?
>
> Hmm, a bit of googling, and it seems that while 7th Edition unix (as
> classic as I get) had -e, solaris indeed doesn't....
Tho solaris does have it in /usr/xpg4/bin/grep...

Since it's a general attribute of solaris that the default (/usr/bin) tools are horrible sysv things and the actual useful tools are in e.g. /usr/xpg4/bin, maybe it would be better to just try and add that directory to the path...?

-miles
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Message 10 of 60 in “grep: do not do external grep on skip-worktree entries”
  1. grep: do not do external grep on skip-worktree entriesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 30, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 31, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 31, 2009
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 2, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 2, 2010
  6. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 2, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 2, 2010
  8. Miles BaderJan 3, 2010
  9. Miles BaderJan 3, 2010
  10. Miles BaderJan 3, 2010
  11. Linus TorvaldsJan 3, 2010
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 3, 2010
  13. Jeff KingJan 4, 2010
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 4, 2010
  15. Jeff KingJan 4, 2010
  16. Junio C HamanoJan 4, 2010
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 4, 2010
  18. Jeff KingJan 4, 2010
  19. Jeff KingJan 4, 2010
  20. Jeff KingJan 4, 2010
  21. Linus TorvaldsJan 4, 2010
  22. Linus TorvaldsJan 4, 2010
  23. Miles BaderJan 4, 2010
  24. Linus TorvaldsJan 4, 2010
  25. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2010
  26. Linus TorvaldsJan 11, 2010
  27. Linus TorvaldsJan 11, 2010
  28. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2010
  29. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2010
  30. Linus TorvaldsJan 11, 2010
  31. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2010
  32. grep: lookahead optimization can be used with -L optionJunio C Hamano, Jan 12, 2010
  33. grep: -L should show empty filesJunio C Hamano, Jan 12, 2010
  34. Sverre RabbelierJan 12, 2010
  35. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2010
  36. Sverre RabbelierJan 13, 2010
  37. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2010
  38. 1/2 grep: rip out support for external grepJunio C Hamano, Jan 13, 2010
  39. Jay SoffianJan 13, 2010
  40. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2010
  41. Linus TorvaldsJan 13, 2010
  42. 2/2 grep: rip out pessimization to use fixmatch()Junio C Hamano, Jan 13, 2010
  43. Jeff KingJan 12, 2010
  44. Fredrik KuivinenJan 11, 2010
  45. Linus TorvaldsJan 4, 2010
  46. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 4, 2010
  47. Mike HommeyJan 4, 2010
  48. Jeff KingJan 4, 2010
  49. 1/2 t7002: set test prerequisite "external-grep" if supportedNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 4, 2010
  50. Junio C HamanoJan 7, 2010
  51. Junio C HamanoJan 7, 2010
  52. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 7, 2010
  53. Johannes SixtJan 7, 2010
  54. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 7, 2010
  55. 2/2 t7002: add tests for skip-worktree fixes in commit a67e281Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 4, 2010
  56. Linus TorvaldsJan 11, 2010
  57. Fredrik KuivinenJan 11, 2010
  58. Linus TorvaldsJan 11, 2010
  59. Fredrik KuivinenJan 11, 2010
  60. Linus TorvaldsJan 11, 2010

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