Re: Automake patch to not assume egrep or fgrep

[Paul Eggert]

> From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 11:05:07 +0200
> 
> Yes, this seems good.

OK, I checked in that change:

2002-05-30  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * lib/am/distdir.am (distdir): Don't assume that 'grep -F' works;
        instead, use shell pattern matching.

--- distdir.am.~1.34.~  2002-05-29 22:20:33.000000000 -0700
+++ distdir.am  2002-05-30 04:59:23.171761000 -0700
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ distdir: $(DISTFILES)
 ##
 if %?TOPDIR_P%
 if  %?CK-NEWS%
-       @if sed 15q $(srcdir)/NEWS | grep -F -e "$(VERSION)" >/dev/null; \
-       then :; else \
+       @case `sed 15q $(srcdir)/NEWS` in \
+       *"$(VERSION)"*) : ;; \
+       *) \
          echo "NEWS not updated; not releasing" 1>&2; \
-         exit 1; \
-       fi
+         exit 1;; \
+       esac
 endif  %?CK-NEWS%
 endif %?TOPDIR_P%
 ##