Re: [PATCH 6/8] fortran: use grep -F instead of fgrep

[Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>]

Hi,

> On Fri, 2022-06-24 at 13:13 +0200, Bernhard Reutner-Fischer wrote:
> 
>>> -       if $(SHELL) -c 'install-info --version | sed 1q | fgrep -s -v -i debian' >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
>>> +       if $(SHELL) -c 'install-info --version | sed 1q | grep -F -s -v -i debian' >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
>>>            echo " install-info --delete --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(infodir) $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/gfortran.info"; \
>>>            install-info --delete --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(infodir) $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/gfortran.info || : ; \
>>>          else : ; fi; \
>>
>> I'd replace -s >/dev/null 2>&1 with -q while at it.
>>
>> But why is -F used here in the first place?
>> I do not see much in debian that can be interpreted as a regex?
> 
> I'm not sure.  It was there since 2004.  Perhaps the author thinks fgrep
> may save several CPU cycles :).  I'll just use a plain grep in PATCH v2.
> 
> Rainer: do you have some idea about the availability of "-q" on
> different hosts?  If you agree I'll use it instead of -s > /dev/null
> too.

Is there any particular reason why we should not use the result of
AC_PROG_FGREP ?  AC_PROG_GREP should also work.