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Re: autoupdate requires GNU sed
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Akim Demaille |
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Re: autoupdate requires GNU sed |
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24 Oct 2000 11:05:41 +0200 |
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>>>>> "Andrej" == Andrej Borsenkow <address@hidden> writes:
Andrej> address@hidden ./autoupdate --help autoupdate requires GNU sed
Andrej> Just curious, what are the reasons behind it? This is with
Andrej> current CVS.
It uses regexps that are not supported by other seds, which is just
one aspect of the problem, the second being that it uses a long script
on which pretty many seds will choke. Since it's a maintainer tool,
there is no reason to fight for portability. In addition it would
obfuscate the code.