5.22. Grep-2.5.1

The Grep package contains programs for searching through files.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 5.8 MB

Grep installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Make, Sed, and Texinfo

5.22.1. Installation of Grep

Prepare Grep for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools \
    --disable-perl-regexp --with-included-regex

The meaning of the configure options:

--disable-perl-regexp

This makes sure that the grep program does not get linked against a Perl Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library that may be present on the host and would not be available once we enter the chroot environment.

--with-included-regex

This ensures that Grep uses its internal regular expression code. Without this switch, Grep will use the code from Glibc, which is known to be buggy.

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.44.2, “Contents of Grep.”