Re: GNU SED
Michael Schwingen (m.schwingen@stochastik.rwth-aachen.de)
Wed, 4 Oct 1995 21:41:18 +0100 (MET)
> Michael> BTW: GNU sed 2.05 failed with a memory fault when running
> Michael> configure from the GNU textutils ... sed 1.18 works fine.
>
> Bob Manson said at one point the the regex library functions don't
> work right when trying to match the beginning of the line (re '^').
> He did say that this can cause problems in conjunction with configure,
> but I haven't seen it myself. I don't think there is a fix for this
> yet.
SED crashed (I think with a memory fault), producing no useful output.
I have no problem with this, the mail was just meant as a general warning.
cu
Michael
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