lfs-book/chapter05/grep.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-tools-grep" role="wrap">
<title>Grep-&grep-version;</title>
<?dbhtml filename="grep.html"?>

<indexterm zone="ch-tools-grep">
<primary sortas="a-Grep">Grep</primary>
<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm>

<sect2 role="package"><title/>
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<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>5.8 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Grep</title>

<para>Prepare Grep for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools \
    --disable-perl-regexp --with-included-regex</userinput></screen>

<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>--disable-perl-regexp</parameter></term>
<listitem><para>This makes sure that the <command>grep</command>
program does not get linked against a Perl Compatible Regular
Expression (PCRE) library that may be present on the host and would
not be available once we enter the chroot
environment.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>--with-included-regex</parameter></term>
<listitem><para>This ensures that Grep uses its internal regular
expression code.  Without this switch, Grep will use the code from
Glibc, which is known to be buggy.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

<para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

<para>To test the results, issue: <userinput>make
check</userinput>.</para>

<para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2 role="content"><title/>
<para>Details on this package are located in <xref
linkend="contents-grep" role="."/></para>
</sect2>

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