[bug #22818] grep installation requires grep

[Stepan Kasal]

Update of bug #22818 (project grep):

                  Status:                    None => Wont Fix               
             Assigned to:                    None => kasal                  

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Follow-up Comment #2:

OOPS, correction:
I do not think this should be reported to the Autoconf team.
In order to check for some C headers, configure wants to grep them.
To perform this reliably, it needs checks for a "reasonable" grep.

For this, it calls AC_PROG_GREP, which ensures that the grep binary can
handle multiple -e options.  It is possible that this feature is not needed in
this particulat configure script, but it is generally a good idea to include
that property in the definition of a "reasonable" grep implementation.

The workaround is not that difficult, after all.  Bootstrapping on a weird
platform is often difficult...

Please feel free to submit the problem to bug-autoconf yourself, if you are
not satisfied with the above explanation.

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