Re: grep problem

[Alain Magloire]

> 
> Hello,
> 
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 01:29:02PM -0400, Alain Magloire wrote:
> > grep-2.5.x has : 
> >   -D, --devices=ACTION      how to handle devices, FIFOs and sockets
> >                             ACTION is 'read' or 'skip'
> > 
> > Unfortunately I do not know where the latest version is kept.
> 
> Sorry, I've missed that.
> 
> It seems to be already in grep-2.5, which is the last stable version.
> You can get it from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/ , choose from
> grep-2.5.tar.bz2, .tar.gz and grep-2.5-1.src.rpm .
> 

rpm?  Why would rpm's be on ftp.gnu.org?
I do not have or care abour RPM, my system is a QNX/Neutrino.
I hope this does not set a precedence.


> The newest development version, 2.5.1, used to be available from
> alpha.gnu.org, hasn't re-appeared after the crash.
> 
> I was able to find one mirror which still carries it, though:
> ftp://ftp.unex.es/pub/gnu-beta.old/grep/grep-2.5.1.tar.bz2
> 
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 08:29:21PM +0200, Uwe Steinfeld wrote:
> > $ cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/cvs checkout grep
> 
> Yes, that's the CVS.  It holds the version 2.5.1, so you can use it
> when the above mirror times out.
> 

Thanks for the info.

> Have a nice day,
>       Stepan Kasal