Hi Collin,

> > Once you are done with that: Maybe it would make sense to install GNU grep
> > from source; then you should be able to build a testdir of all of Gnulib?
> 
> Well, you would have to run ./configure in GNU grep's tarball which
> wouldn't work. :)
> 
> I did end up finding a workaround, though. Using an Alpine container
> since it is easier to start than the QNX VM and both use 'apk':
> 
>     $ podman run --rm -it alpine:latest
>     $ cd /tmp && apk fetch grep
>     Downloading grep-3.12-r0
>     $ tar -xf grep-3.12-r0.apk
>     $ ls bin
>     egrep  fgrep  grep

Hmm. Which kernel is used inside this Alpine container? Linux probably?
Whereas inside the QNX VM, it would be the QNX microkernel, right?

The point of running the Gnulib test suite in the QNX VM would be to
exercise the QNX system calls and see how compatible they are with POSIX
and GNU. But when you are in a container, what would you be testing
exactly?

Bruno




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