current-users: Re: Native BSD grep isn't used by default ?

Subject: Re: Native BSD grep isn't used by default ?
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: Chris Pinnock <cjep@fawlty.net>
List: current-users
Date: 05/05/2004 14:12:10

On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 02:24:15PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 06:00:47PM +0700, Ian Zagorskih wrote:
> > 
> > uname -a
> > NetBSD IANZAG 2.0_BETA NetBSD 2.0_BETA (IANZAG) #1: Fri Apr 30 16:52:38 NOVST 
> > 2004  toor@NBSD1:/sys/arch/i386/compile/IANZAG i386
> > 
> > I found  that now NetBSD has its own grep in usr.bin/grep. Just odd for me why 
> > it isn't listed in usr.bin/Makefile and not built by default so I have to 
> > manually build it and install.
> 
> The GNU grep is still being used.
> 
> > 
> > Any objections not to use native grep in base install ?
> 
> I guess usr.bin/grep isn't complete yet.

It isn't ready for primetime yet - there is a TODO list.