From 08bb0fe5b409a4cd86620f114f4366e62b76ef49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 22:48:02 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 08/12] doc: modernize grep discussion
---
doc/autoconf.texi | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 5e17280e..d09aba70 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -19291,8 +19291,8 @@ dir=`AS_DIRNAME(["$file"])` # This is more portable.
@item @command{egrep}
@c ------------------
@prindex @command{egrep}
-Posix 1003.1-2001 no longer requires @command{egrep},
-but many hosts do not yet support the Posix
+Although Posix stopped requiring @command{egrep} in 2001,
+a few traditional hosts (notably Solaris) do not support the Posix
replacement @code{grep -E}. Also, some traditional implementations do
not work on long input lines. To work around these problems, invoke
@code{AC_PROG_EGREP} and then use @code{$EGREP}.
@@ -19477,8 +19477,8 @@ expr: More than one '\(' was used.
@item @command{fgrep}
@c ------------------
@prindex @command{fgrep}
-Posix 1003.1-2001 no longer requires @command{fgrep},
-but many hosts do not yet support the Posix
+Although Posix stopped requiring @command{fgrep} in 2001,
+a few traditional hosts (notably Solaris) do not support the Posix
replacement @code{grep -F}. Also, some traditional implementations do
not work on long input lines. To work around these problems, invoke
@code{AC_PROG_FGREP} and then use @code{$FGREP}.
@@ -19519,7 +19519,7 @@ portable scripts should not combine @option{-c} with @option{-l},
as Posix does not allow this.
Some of the options required by Posix are not portable in practice.
-Don't use @samp{grep -q} to suppress output, because many @command{grep}
+Don't use @samp{grep -q} to suppress output, because traditional @command{grep}
implementations (e.g., Solaris) do not support @option{-q}.
Don't use @samp{grep -s} to suppress output either, because Posix
says @option{-s} does not suppress output, only some error messages;
@@ -19537,7 +19537,7 @@ Some traditional @command{grep} implementations do not work on long
input lines. On AIX the default @code{grep} silently truncates long
lines on the input before matching.
-Also, many implementations do not support multiple regexps
+Also, traditional implementations do not support multiple regexps
with @option{-e}: they either reject @option{-e} entirely (e.g., Solaris)
or honor only the last pattern (e.g., IRIX 6.5 and NeXT). To
work around these problems, invoke @code{AC_PROG_GREP} and then use
--
2.30.0
