Difficulty with configure in libtool-1.4.2

[Matt Schalit]

I'm not experienced with enough platforms to tell why
line 5148 in libtool-1.4.2 configure doesn't call grep -e:

      if { (eval echo configure:5149: \"$archive_cmds 2\>\&1 \| grep \" -lc \" \
>/dev/null 2\>\&1\") 1>&5; (eval $archive_cmds 2\>\&1 \| grep \" -lc \" \>/dev/n
ull 2\>\&1) 2>&5; }



Doesn't grep -e exist on your computers?  On my unix box,
which is UnixWare 7.1.1, grep -e is required to protect grep 
from interpreting the -lc as another switch.  (grep returns 
a 2 for syntax error every time with this configure line)

Please advise.  I can't get any response from the bug-libtool
list so far, and I'm not sure the best way to fix all six configures
that are in that distro.  Thanks.
Matthew