From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 27 5:25:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtp11.bellglobal.com (smtp11.bellglobal.com [204.101.251.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B28E14BEB for ; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 05:25:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vanderh@ecf.toronto.edu) Received: from localhost.nowhere (ppp18369.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.130.49]) by smtp11.bellglobal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA04789; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 08:27:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from tim@localhost) by localhost.nowhere (8.9.3/8.9.1) id IAA33671; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 08:23:44 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tim) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 08:23:44 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: replacing grep(1) Message-ID: <19990727082344.B33399@mad> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: ; from Dag-Erling Smorgrav on Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 01:37:35PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 01:37:35PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > I move that we replace GNU grep in our source tree with this > implementation, once it's been reviewed by all concerned parties. Have you run your systems with J-grep as a replacement for GNU grep for a while (making sure nothing breaks)? There seems to be at least one dependency on GNU grep in /ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk where the -F argument is used. How's it compare in speed? [I'd test it myself, but see my private email...] -- This is my .signature which gets appended to the end of my messages. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message