* progmodes/grep.el (grep-compute-defaults): Do not pass the -e flag to xargs

for compatibility with BSD xargs.

Fixes: debbugs:11703

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index eef59e75ac8..d2f0824e15e 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-11-30  Samuel Bronson  <naesten@gmail.com>
+
+        * progmodes/grep.el (grep-compute-defaults): Do not pass the -e
+        flag to xargs, for compatibility with BSD xargs (Bug#11703).
+
 2012-11-30  Toru TSUNEYOSHI  <t_tuneyosi@hotmail.com>
 
         * textmodes/fill.el (fill-region-as-paragraph): Handle overshoot
@@ -11610,7 +11615,7 @@
         * dynamic-setting.el (font-setting-change-default-font): Don't
         change the default face if SET-FONT argument is non-nil (Bug#9982).
 
-2012-01-29  Samuel Bronson  <naesten@gmail.com>  (tiny change)
+2012-01-29  Samuel Bronson  <naesten@gmail.com>
 
         * custom.el (defcustom): Add doc link to Lisp manual (Bug#10635).
 
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/grep.el b/lisp/progmodes/grep.el
index c056b0f4e26..b448b7b3032 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/grep.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/grep.el
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ This function is called from `compilation-filter-hook'."
                   'exec-plus)
                  ((and
                    (grep-probe find-program `(nil nil nil ,null-device "-print0"))
-                   (grep-probe xargs-program `(nil nil nil "-0" "-e" "echo")))
+                   (grep-probe xargs-program `(nil nil nil "-0" "echo")))
                   'gnu)
                  (t
                   'exec))))
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ This function is called from `compilation-filter-hook'."
                        ;; Windows shells need the program file name
                        ;; after the pipe symbol be quoted if they use
                        ;; forward slashes as directory separators.
-                       (format "%s . -type f -print0 | \"%s\" -0 -e %s"
+                       (format "%s . -type f -print0 | \"%s\" -0 %s"
                                find-program xargs-program grep-command))
                       ((memq grep-find-use-xargs '(exec exec-plus))
                        (let ((cmd0 (format "%s . -type f -exec %s"
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ This function is called from `compilation-filter-hook'."
                                 (format "%s " null-device)
                               "")))
                   (cond ((eq grep-find-use-xargs 'gnu)
-                         (format "%s . <X> -type f <F> -print0 | \"%s\" -0 -e %s"
+                         (format "%s . <X> -type f <F> -print0 | \"%s\" -0 %s"
                                  find-program xargs-program gcmd))
                         ((eq grep-find-use-xargs 'exec)
                          (format "%s . <X> -type f <F> -exec %s {} %s%s"