5.23. Grep-2.5.3

The Grep package contains programs for searching through files.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU
Required disk space: 6.9 MB

5.23.1. Installation of Grep

Prepare Grep for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools \
    --disable-perl-regexp \
    --without-included-regex

The meaning of the configure switches:

--disable-perl-regexp

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

--without-included-regex

The configure check for glibc's regex library is broken when building against glibc-2.8. This switch forces the use of glibc's regex library.

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Grep test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.39.2, “Contents of Grep.”