Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 00:53:52 -0500 From: mpd <mpd@rochester.rr.com> To: JacobRhoden <jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenOffice broken??? Message-ID: <20030404055352.GA26318@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <200304041414.09744.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> References: <200304030816.26268.a.carter@intrasoft.lu> <3E8C1BF3.1040702@attbi.com> <20030404001724.GC74533@keyslapper.org> <200304041414.09744.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au>
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On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 02:14:09PM +1000, JacobRhoden wrote: > On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:17 am, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > > I've been running into a different problem than that one: > > > > ===> Add wrapper scripts > > sed: illegal option -- i > > usage: sed script [-Ean] [file ...] > > sed [-an] [-e script] ... [-f script_file] ... [file ...] > > *** Error code 1 > > jrhoden@elkanah# sed -h > sed: illegal option -- h > usage: sed script [-Ean] [-i extension] [file ...] > sed [-an] [-i extension] [-e script] ... [-f script_file] ... [file...] > > It appears your version of sed is different than the one on my system (where > openoffice makes/installs fine. My version of sed comes from: > > FreeBSD elkanah.its.unimelb.edu.au 4.8-RC > FreeBSD 4.8-RC #1: Wed Mar 12 15:00:01 EST 2003 > > I am guessing that your FreeBSD is older than that yes? > > - jacob In the past, the system sed didn't support the -i (edit file in place) switch, but there is a port called sed_inplace (textproc/sed_inplace) which handles it. If upgrading your base system (which I do recommend in your case) isn't an option, this might work for you. > > > Jacob Rhoden Phone: +61 3 8344 6102 mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "POKEY I WANT TO GROW ARCTIC CIRCLE CANDY!!! MAY I PLANT A GARDEN???" - Little Girl from "3005 PLANTS"
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