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diff --git a/chapter06/grep.xml b/chapter06/grep.xml index 8322c6d45..f050a89a1 100644 --- a/chapter06/grep.xml +++ b/chapter06/grep.xml @@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Make, Sed, and Texinfo</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Grep</title> +<para>The current Grep package has many bugs, especially in the support of +multibyte locales. RedHat fixed some of them with the following patch:</para> + +<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&grep-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen> + +<para>In order for the tests added by this patch to pass, the permissions for +the test file have to be changed:</para> + +<screen><userinput>chmod +x tests/fmbtest.sh</userinput></screen> + <para>Prepare Grep for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin</userinput></screen> |