Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 23:32:54 -0500 From: David Syphers <dsyphers@uchicago.edu> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: sed -i Message-ID: <200209062332.54123.dsyphers@uchicago.edu>
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Could somebody explain to me why it was necessary to introduce the use of sed with the -i option into the ports just yet? This option is not supported in FreeBSD 4.6.2. I have noticed print/ghostscript-gnu and graphics/libmng use sed -i, and thus a 4.6.2-RELEASE machine cannot compile, for example, apsfilter or Mozilla. I'm not a committer, but those who are - please wait until a feature is present in a least the latest release before requiring it. I would have thought this was common sense, but apparently the relevent committers all run -stable or -current. (Note: When reporting this in another forum, I was told, "This is likely a pilot error." No, it's not. Cvsup to RELENG_4_6_2_RELEASE and you will get revision 1.13.2.4 of src/usr.bin/sed/compile.c, and the -i option was introduced in revision 1.13.2.6. Hardly a surprise, since 4.6.2 was pulled off the security branch, and -i was introduced after 4.6 rolled.) -David -- When ideas fail, words come in very handy. -Goethe Astronomy and Astrophysics Center The University of Chicago To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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