Re: What is AC_PROG_EGREP?

Justin Erenkrantz <jerenkrantz@apache.org> writes:

> --On Tuesday, March 11, 2003 5:47 PM +0000 Philip Martin
> <philip@codematters.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> > I am using Debian Linux with autoconf 2.53-2 installed--Debian also
> > installs a compatibility autoconf2.13 but Subversion uses 2.53. As
> > far as I can tell neither package contains AC_PROG_EGREP, but all this
> > autoconf stuff is a mystery to me. Can someone explain?
>
> Hmm. It's documented in autoconf 2.54+. Perhaps they added it then -
> I wish they said when they added or changed macros in the
> documentation. But, without that on autoconf-2.54+, $EGREP isn't
> defined and the AC_EGREP_HEADER check in svn-apache.m4 will fail. I
> wonder if previous version just relied on the presence of egrep? --
> justin

Googling...

AC_PROG_EGREP is new in autoconf 2.53b. Should we change the
AC_PREREQ in configure.in? Should we change buildcheck.sh? Do we
really need AC_PROG_EGREP? Am I going to have to install a newer
version on autoconf to build Subversion, despite the fact that the
current one works?

-- 
Philip Martin
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