Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 16:55:34 +0100 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] for review Re: Sed substitution bugs Message-ID: <20030604155534.GQ18938@chiark.greenend.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20030604104636.A88028@FreeBSD.org> References: <20030603144225.GH18938@chiark.greenend.org.uk> <20030603151925.GI18938@chiark.greenend.org.uk> <20030603211357.B70533@espresso.bsdmike.org> <20030604151553.GO18938@chiark.greenend.org.uk> <20030604104636.A88028@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 10:46:36AM -0500, Juli Mallett wrote: > > We seem to bounce back and forth on what exactly counts as passing > that test.. Tell ya what, run it against SysV or GNU sed, and patch > using the diffs. Solaris: $ echo -n foo | sed y/o/O/ sed: Missing newline at end of file standard input. fOO $ GNU: $ echo -n foo | sed y/o/O/ fOO$ GNU is clearly the right implementation, and it's what the regression test says sed should do. I think sed should be fixed. (I can't do it right now because I'm going climbing.) Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <dot@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ CAPE WRATH TO RATTRAY HEAD INCLUDING ORKNEY: SOUTHEAST 3 OR 4 BETWEEN ORKNEY AND RATTRAY HEAD AT FIRST, OTHERWISE NORTHWEST BACKING SOUTHWEST 3 OR 4, THEN LATER BACKING SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST. RAIN OR SHOWERS. MODERATE WITH FOG PATCHES, BECOMING GOOD. SLIGHT OR MODERATE.
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