Hello Tim,
Tim Chase wrote:
$ uname -a
Linux laptop 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.60-1+deb7u3 x86_64
GNU/Linux
$ red --version | head -1
GNU Ed 1.6
$ file `which red`
/usr/bin/red: symbolic link to `/bin/ed'
As Alexander has already pointed out, the issue is in the Debian
packaging. It was fixed in version 1.9, but you are using an old version
of ed.
'red' was made a shell script executing "ed --restricted" in version 1.5
(2010-08-30), following the GNU Coding Standards:
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/User-Interfaces.html#User-Interfaces
"Please don't make the behavior of a utility depend on the name used to
invoke it. It is useful sometimes to make a link to a utility with a
different name, and that should not change what it does.
Instead, use a run time option or a compilation switch or both to select
among the alternate behaviors. You can also build two versions of the
program, with different names and different default behaviors."
Best regards,
Antonio.
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