Comment 7 for bug 15051

>> Or, "apt-get install pcregrep" if this feature it so important to you.

pcregrep is not an alternative for grep. It is considerably slower, and supports far fewer options (including, for example, GNU longopts, -R, --color)

>> Or use perl itself, which is prett perl-compatible. :)

lol. Not a serious option for anyone.

>> Installing binaries with conflicting names in /usr/bin and /bin is against Debian Policy, and for good reason, since it completely changes the behaviour of your system based on nothing more than what order your PATH is in.

I looked through Debian Policy, and cant find the reference. I was under the impression that thats what PATH is for. A comprismise could be to install it as /usr/bin/pgrep (similar for egrep and fgrep), and let the user symlink it themselves.