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3146208StjrGNU grep
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5146208StjrOriginal source distribution can be found at:
6146208Stjr	http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/grep/
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8146208StjrDue to an unfortunate number of bugs and performance problems in
9146208StjrGNU grep 2.5.1, various patches from The Fedora Project have been applied.
10146208StjrThese patches can be extracted from the SRPM package available at:
11146208Stjr
12146208Stjr	http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/
13146208Stjr		3.92/SRPMS/grep-2.5.1-48.src.rpm
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15146208StjrThe following patches have been applied:
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17146208Stjr	grep-2.5-i18n.patch
18146208Stjr	grep-2.5.1-bracket.patch
19146208Stjr	grep-2.5.1-color.patch
20146208Stjr	grep-2.5.1-dfa-optional.patch
21146208Stjr	grep-2.5.1-egf-speedup.patch
22146208Stjr	grep-2.5.1-fgrep.patch
23146208Stjr	grep-2.5.1-icolor.patch
24146208Stjr	grep-2.5.1-oi.patch
25146208Stjr	grep-2.5.1-w.patch
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27146208StjrIn addition to these, some FreeBSD-specific changes have been made
28146208Stjrto add bzip2 support, etc.
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30146208StjrDue to the large number of patches applied, conflicts are likely with
31146208Stjrfuture releases. However, most of the patches are either (a) small bug
32146208Stjrfixes that have been fed upstream, or (b) performance improvements that
33146208Stjrcould be reverted without loss of functionality.
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35146208StjrIt is suggested that those planning to import a newer release of GNU grep
36146208Stjrshould revert all local changes since the 2.5.1 import before proceeding
37146208Stjrwith the newer import.
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