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Don't install GNU grep on FreeBSD servers
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Authored by dereckson on Nov 22 2017, 01:19.
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Summary

The base system already contains GNU grep.

If a BSD grep is added in the future, and the package installs
grep as ggrep, the addition will be interesting.

Meanwhile, /usr/bin/grep vs /usr/local/bin/grep causes issue and
lack of coherence.

This commit partially reverts 50b62a8499e03.

Test Plan

no-op

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rOPS Nasqueron Operations
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Build 2219: arc lint + arc unit