Thank you! On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 at 18:30, Mikael Vidstedt <mikael.vidst...@oracle.com> wrote:
> > I also ran into this problem a couple of weeks ago with some other > "misbehaving” grep. Thanks for adding this check! > > Cheers, > Mikael > > > On Jan 12, 2017, at 5:04 AM, Thomas Stüfe <thomas.stu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > please take a look at this fix. This should prevent configure from using a > grep which is not able to handle pattern lists with empty patterns. > > Bug: > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8172712 > > webrevs: > > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~stuefe/webrevs/8172712-configure-should-check-that-grep-handles-empty-pattern-correctly/webrev.00/webrev/ > > Background: > > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8172579 was a build error caused > by a buggy grep (on AIX) and the easiest way to work around that bug would > be to use the GNU version of grep. It was suggested in the orginal mail > thread ( > http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/build-dev/2017-January/018495.html) > to check this in configure. > > This change implements this suggestion and checks if grep behaves > correctly. > > Kind Regards, Thomas > > > >
