X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,HK_OBFDOM,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:24:29 -0800 From: Gary Johnson To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: grep-2.5.4-2 Message-ID: <20091205002429.GA7612@KCJs-Computer> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 2009-11-25, Christopher Faylor wrote: > I've made a new version of 'grep' (http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/) > available for installation. This is the most recent version of grep > available from ftp.gnu.org + a patch from the Mandrake project which > seems to alleviate the problem mentioned here: > > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-11/threads.html#00779 > > i.e., "grep -i --color" doesn't always work. Thank you! I installed the Cygwin src package, copied the directory to my Linux machine, ran ./configure, make, and make install there and voilą: grep with working color! Regards, Gary -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple