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Subject: Re: bin/32657: sed file handing is non-standard
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Synopsis: sed file handing is non-standard

State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: sheldonh
State-Changed-When: Mon Dec 10 04:11:02 PST 2001
State-Changed-Why: 
FreeBSD's sed(1) demands a file parameter because it's not optional for
the w flag in POSIX.2 ('92 edition).  The semantics for the r flag are
taken from the w flag.

This change would meet with less resistence if you could find a more
recent standard that prescribes optional arguments to the w flag (and
possible the r flag).

If you need help getting such information, try the freebsd-standards
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http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=32657

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