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Re: tests/mktests.sh portability problem with Solaris 8 "sed"
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: tests/mktests.sh portability problem with Solaris 8 "sed" |
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Mon, 2 Sep 2002 01:00:21 -0700 (PDT) |
> From: Akim Demaille <address@hidden>
> Date: 02 Sep 2002 09:48:37 +0200
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> I don't understand the patch too well: are you saying that using
> `\n' in a grep regexp is the same as multiple `-e'?
Yes; POSIX requires this.
> If so, is it known to be portable? (I know mktests is OK, I'm thinking
> about other possible uses).
It should be portable with egrep and fgrep ("grep -E" and "grep -F" on
POSIX hosts), since that behavior has been in place ever since 7th
Edition Unix. It's not portable with plain grep.