updated for version 7.4.224

Problem:    /usr/bin/grep on Solaris does not support -F.
Solution:   Add configure check to find a good grep. (Danek Duvall)

src/auto/configure

@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ XCODE_SELECT
 CPP_MM
 STRIP
 AWK
+FGREP
 EGREP
 GREP
 CPP
@@ -3695,7 +3696,73 @@ if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
 
 fi
 rm -f conftest*
- { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for library containing strerror" >&5
+ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for fgrep" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for fgrep... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_path_FGREP+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if echo 'ab*c' | $GREP -F 'ab*c' >/dev/null 2>&1
+   then ac_cv_path_FGREP="$GREP -F"
+   else
+     if test -z "$FGREP"; then
+  ac_path_FGREP_found=false
+  # Loop through the user's path and test for each of PROGNAME-LIST
+  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/usr/xpg4/bin
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_prog in fgrep; do
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+      ac_path_FGREP="$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext"
+      as_fn_executable_p "$ac_path_FGREP" || continue
+# Check for GNU ac_path_FGREP and select it if it is found.
+  # Check for GNU $ac_path_FGREP
+case `"$ac_path_FGREP" --version 2>&1` in
+*GNU*)
+  ac_cv_path_FGREP="$ac_path_FGREP" ac_path_FGREP_found=:;;
+*)
+  ac_count=0
+  $as_echo_n 0123456789 >"conftest.in"
+  while :
+  do
+    cat "conftest.in" "conftest.in" >"conftest.tmp"
+    mv "conftest.tmp" "conftest.in"
+    cp "conftest.in" "conftest.nl"
+    $as_echo 'FGREP' >> "conftest.nl"
+    "$ac_path_FGREP" FGREP < "conftest.nl" >"conftest.out" 2>/dev/null || break
+    diff "conftest.out" "conftest.nl" >/dev/null 2>&1 || break
+    as_fn_arith $ac_count + 1 && ac_count=$as_val
+    if test $ac_count -gt ${ac_path_FGREP_max-0}; then
+      # Best one so far, save it but keep looking for a better one
+      ac_cv_path_FGREP="$ac_path_FGREP"
+      ac_path_FGREP_max=$ac_count
+    fi
+    # 10*(2^10) chars as input seems more than enough
+    test $ac_count -gt 10 && break
+  done
+  rm -f conftest.in conftest.tmp conftest.nl conftest.out;;
+esac
+
+      $ac_path_FGREP_found && break 3
+    done
+  done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  if test -z "$ac_cv_path_FGREP"; then
+    as_fn_error $? "no acceptable fgrep could be found in $PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/usr/xpg4/bin" "$LINENO" 5
+  fi
+else
+  ac_cv_path_FGREP=$FGREP
+fi
+
+   fi
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_path_FGREP" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_path_FGREP" >&6; }
+ FGREP="$ac_cv_path_FGREP"
+
+	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for library containing strerror" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for library containing strerror... " >&6; }
 if ${ac_cv_search_strerror+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
@@ -5480,7 +5547,7 @@ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
 	  	  PERL_CFLAGS=`echo "$perlcppflags" | sed -e 's/-pipe //' -e 's/-W[^ ]*//'`
 	fi
 	if test "X$perlldflags" != "X"; then
-	  if test "X`echo \"$LDFLAGS\" | grep -F -e \"$perlldflags\"`" = "X"; then
+	  if test "X`echo \"$LDFLAGS\" | $FGREP -e \"$perlldflags\"`" = "X"; then
 	    LDFLAGS="$perlldflags $LDFLAGS"
 	  fi
 	fi
@@ -6838,7 +6905,7 @@ $as_echo "$rubyhdrdir" >&6; }
 	if test "X$rubyldflags" != "X"; then
 	  	  	  	  rubyldflags=`echo "$rubyldflags" | sed -e 's/-arch\ ppc//' -e 's/-arch\ i386//' -e 's/-arch\ x86_64//'`
 	  if test "X$rubyldflags" != "X"; then
-	    if test "X`echo \"$LDFLAGS\" | grep -F -e \"$rubyldflags\"`" = "X"; then
+	    if test "X`echo \"$LDFLAGS\" | $FGREP -e \"$rubyldflags\"`" = "X"; then
 	      LDFLAGS="$rubyldflags $LDFLAGS"
 	    fi
 	  fi

src/configure.in

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ dnl Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CC	dnl required by almost everything
 AC_PROG_CPP	dnl required by header file checks
 AC_PROGRAM_EGREP dnl required by AC_EGREP_CPP
+AC_PROG_FGREP	dnl finds working grep -F
 AC_ISC_POSIX	dnl required by AC_C_CROSS
 AC_PROG_AWK	dnl required for "make html" in ../doc
 
@@ -936,7 +937,7 @@ if test "$enable_perlinterp" = "yes" -o "$enable_perlinterp" = "dynamic"; then
 	  PERL_CFLAGS=`echo "$perlcppflags" | sed -e 's/-pipe //' -e 's/-W[[^ ]]*//'`
 	fi
 	if test "X$perlldflags" != "X"; then
-	  if test "X`echo \"$LDFLAGS\" | grep -F -e \"$perlldflags\"`" = "X"; then
+	  if test "X`echo \"$LDFLAGS\" | $FGREP -e \"$perlldflags\"`" = "X"; then
 	    LDFLAGS="$perlldflags $LDFLAGS"
 	  fi
 	fi
@@ -1727,7 +1728,7 @@ if test "$enable_rubyinterp" = "yes" -o "$enable_rubyinterp" = "dynamic"; then
 	  dnl configure, so strip these flags first (if present)
 	  rubyldflags=`echo "$rubyldflags" | sed -e 's/-arch\ ppc//' -e 's/-arch\ i386//' -e 's/-arch\ x86_64//'`
 	  if test "X$rubyldflags" != "X"; then
-	    if test "X`echo \"$LDFLAGS\" | grep -F -e \"$rubyldflags\"`" = "X"; then
+	    if test "X`echo \"$LDFLAGS\" | $FGREP -e \"$rubyldflags\"`" = "X"; then
 	      LDFLAGS="$rubyldflags $LDFLAGS"
 	    fi
 	  fi

src/version.c

@@ -734,6 +734,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    224,
 /**/
     223,
 /**/