[I'm writing this here so that the information can be included into
autoconf.info in case it is really a bug.]
Consider this pipeline
makeinfo --version | sed 's/^.* \([^ ]\+\)$/\1/;1q'
with GNU sed 4.0.9 I get
4.8
but with the (BSD) sed from OS X I get
makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 4.8
I wo
On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 12:34:42PM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> Consider this pipeline
>
> makeinfo --version | sed 's/^.* \([^ ]\+\)$/\1/;1q'
>
> with GNU sed 4.0.9 I get
>
> 4.8
>
> but with the (BSD) sed from OS X I get
>
> makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 4.8
>
> I wonder whether this is a
> > I wonder whether this is a BSD sed bug or whether I'm doing
> > something wrong.
>
> GNU sed recognizes `\+' as shorthand for `\{1,\}', but POSIX leaves
> its meaning undefined. I suspect BSD sed treats it like literal
> `+'.
Other people already pointed that out to me. Thanks for your answ
