From ae4d1437f1653b2d2529bf1f77672ce708025cf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:10:26 +0200
Subject: configure: correct the wording when checking grep -E

The check first checks that grep -E works, and only as a fallback tries
to find and use egrep. egrep is deprecated.

This change only corrects the output wording, not the checks themselves.

Closes #9471
---
 configure.ac | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'configure.ac')

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 17c0a7cdc..5cda91652 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -85,21 +85,22 @@ if test -z "$GREP"; then
 fi
 AC_SUBST([GREP])
 
-dnl EGREP is mandatory for configure process and libtool.
+dnl 'grep -E' is mandatory for configure process and libtool.
 dnl Set it now, allowing it to be changed later.
 if test -z "$EGREP"; then
   dnl allow it to be overridden
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([that grep -E works])
   if echo a | ($GREP -E '(a|b)') >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for egrep])
     EGREP="$GREP -E"
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([$EGREP])
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
   else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
     AC_PATH_PROG([EGREP], [egrep], [not_found],
       [$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin])
   fi
 fi
 if test -z "$EGREP" || test "$EGREP" = "not_found"; then
-  AC_MSG_ERROR([egrep not found in PATH. Cannot continue without egrep.])
+  AC_MSG_ERROR([grep -E is not working and is egrep not found in PATH. Cannot continue.])
 fi
 AC_SUBST([EGREP])
 
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