Update of sr #108092 (project autoconf): Priority: 5 - Normal => 1 - Later Status: None => Confirmed
_______________________________________________________ Follow-up Comment #1: We apologize for not getting back to you about this sooner. AC_PROG_GREP does check for a grep that supports long lines (up to 10240 bytes long) but if it can't find one, it takes whatever grep it *can* find that supports -e. So indeed it is not guaranteed to pick a grep that supports long lines. It's *supposed* to pick whichever of 'grep' or 'ggrep' supports longer lines, but that logic might be buggy. Since this is a long-standing issue and an ideal fix might be hairy, I am deferring it to after the upcoming 2.70 release, but we will definitely think about how we can do better - perhaps with improvements to AC_PROG_GREP itself, as well as with better documentation. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?108092> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/