Re: bin/39258: fgrep -w is broken

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry%piermont.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/39258; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry%piermont.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/39258: fgrep -w is broken
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:56:29 -0400

 Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:
 >  Reportedly fixed in GNU grep 2.5.3.  This is GPLv3 however...
 
 Yah, I'd thought it wasn't but it is. However, the fix is probably
 pretty small.
 
 An alternative is to bring in a BSD licensed grep from OpenBSD or
 elsewhere.
 
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 Perry E. Metzger               perry%piermont.com@localhost