Re: GNU SED

Jay Estabrook - Alpha Migration Tools - LINUX Project (jestabro@brillig.amt.tay1.dec.com)
Thu, 05 Oct 95 21:36:18 -0400

> > 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
> --

Well, I ran into this at least a couple of times during my initial X work,
bringing up the XF86_S3 server; in particular, I believe, while attempting
to build twm.

The symptom was always leaving something undone at the *ends* of lines,
rather than the beginnings, though...

Is there a sed 1.18 alpha binary available anywhere for ftp? :-)

--Jay++

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