Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 22:58:55 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger <adam@vectors.cx> To: Yoshinori KASAZAKI <mia@gold.ocn.ne.jp> Cc: dsyphers@uchicago.edu, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New sed breaks ports Message-ID: <20021010055855.GQ81796@vectors.cx> In-Reply-To: <20021010144447.090ec5c3.mia@gold.ocn.ne.jp> References: <20021009210042.A3027@klentaq.com> <20021010040550.2539c6f2.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> <20021009211658.A3071@klentaq.com> <200210092131.11605.dsyphers@uchicago.edu> <20021010144447.090ec5c3.mia@gold.ocn.ne.jp>
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>> (10.09.2002 @ 2244 PST): Yoshinori KASAZAKI said, in 1.2K: << > I get following ... > > > sed -i > sed: option requires an argument -- i > usage: sed script [-Ean] [-i extension] [file ...] > sed [-an] [-i extension] [-e script] ... [-f script_file] ... [file ...] > > sed -i foo > sed: -i may not be used with stdin > > If this is the case, it seems like sed is invoked without extension. > (I don't know why, though...) >> end of "Re: New sed breaks ports" from Yoshinori KASAZAKI << this is not a problem with an out-of-date ports tree. this is not a problem with your source tree. this is not a problem with the wrong version of sed being installed. this is a probem of you not using sed the right way. read sed(1). sed -i edits a file in-place. you can't edit stdin in-place. sed -i foo says to edit whatever file you didn't specify, and save a backup with extension .foo. your sed is working properly. -Adam -- "Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw." -Lilo, "Lilo & Stitch" Adam Weinberger adam@vectors.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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