On 2018-06-30 20:46, George Plymale II wrote: > Rainer Müller <[email protected]> writes: >> If grep is installed as ggrep, just just remove the dependency on >> bin:grep:grep and be done. > > I was inclined to do that initially, but I thought that since Macports > tries to rely on its own ports rather than system alternatives ( as > explained here: https://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#syslibs ) that we > should try to rely on GNU grep rather than BSD grep. If relying on BSD > grep is okay with everyone here, then I certainly have no qualms about it.
We are using lots of tools from /usr/bin. The FAQ does not really apply as grep does not provide a library and this is not about linking to a system library. Rainer
