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+- Issue #7716: Under Solaris, don't assume existence of /usr/xpg4/bin/grep in
+  the configure script but use $GREP instead.  Patch by Fabian Groffen.
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 - Issue #10475: Don't hardcode compilers for LDSHARED/LDCXXSHARED on NetBSD
   and DragonFly BSD.  Patch by Nicolas Joly.