Re: GnuTLS 2.9.9 - uses non-portable option to grep.

[Simon Josefsson]

"Dr. David Kirkby" <address@hidden> writes:

> Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> The GnuTLS 2.9.x branch is NOT what you want for your stable system.  It
>> is intended for developers and experienced users.
>>
>> Here are the compressed sources (6.1MB):
>>   http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gnutls/gnutls-2.9.9.tar.bz2
>
> Well, I'm neither, but I thought I'd give it a try for you on a Sun
> Ultra 27 running OpenSolaris.

Thank you very much!

> grep: illegal option -- q
> Usage: grep -hblcnsviw pattern file . . .
> RFC 2253 escaping not working?
> FAIL: rfc2253-escape-test
> ===================================
> 1 of 43 tests failed
> Please report to address@hidden
> ===================================
>
>
> -q which is an option to GNU grep is not supported by the standard
> grep in Solaris. (There is a POSIX compatible version at
> /usr/xpg4/bin/grep,  but it is not the default grep in /usr/bin/grep.)
>
> It would be better to send the output of grep to /dev/null, as that
> will work on any grep.

I agree, and have fixed this now:

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnutls.git/commit/?id=54e9b7ccb2bb724e7dffa4e2b6e7e7db2910ef16

Thanks,
/Simon