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@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
<title>Grep-&grep-version;</title>
<?dbhtml filename="grep.html"?>
+<indexterm zone="ch-tools-grep">
+<primary sortas="a-Grep">Grep</primary>
+<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm>
+
<sect2 role="package"><title/>
+<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="../chapter06/grep.xml" xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
@@ -15,6 +20,8 @@
<seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>5.8 MB</seg></seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
+<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="../chapter06/grep.xml" xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/segmentedlist[2])"/>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
@@ -25,12 +32,32 @@
<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools \
--disable-perl-regexp --with-included-regex</userinput></screen>
+<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><parameter>--disable-perl-regexp</parameter></term>
+<listitem><para>This makes sure that the <command>grep</command>
+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.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><parameter>--with-included-regex</parameter></term>
+<listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
-<para>To test the results, issue:
-<userinput>make check</userinput></para>
+<para>To test the results, issue: <userinput>make
+check</userinput>.</para>
<para>Install the package:</para>
@@ -38,4 +65,10 @@
</sect2>
+<sect2 role="content"><title/>
+<para>Details on this package are located in <xref
+linkend="contents-grep" role="."/></para>
+</sect2>
+
</sect1>
+