From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6176 invoked by alias); 4 Aug 2008 18:53:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 6128 invoked by uid 48); 4 Aug 2008 18:53:45 -0000 Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:53:00 -0000 Message-ID: <20080804185345.6127.qmail@sourceware.org> X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC References: Subject: [Bug libgcj/37019] [4.2 Regression] Inconsistent gcc-4.2.3/libjava/configure uses "grep" and "egrep" and "grep -E" and "$EGGREP" but not ggrep -- sed also is trouble In-Reply-To: Reply-To: gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org To: java-prs@gcc.gnu.org From: "pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org" Mailing-List: contact java-prs-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: java-prs-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2008-q3/txt/msg00022.txt.bz2 ------- Comment #4 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2008-08-04 18:53 ------- >The creator of the Operating System can name any command any name they want > (EG: Ralph can be spelled Ralf or Rolf etc). Similarly grep can be called sed > and sed can be called diff -- I'm not suggested that is a good idea, just that > it is possible. Not if they want to call their OS a POSIX or UNIX OS really. POSIX actually makes a standard about programs too. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37019