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This is a port of GNU Sed 4.4 to MSDOS/DJGPP.
sed is a stream editor. A stream editor is used to perform basic text
transformations on an input stream (a file or input from a pipeline).
While in some ways similar to an editor which permits scripted edits
(such as ed), sed works by making only one pass over the input(s), and
is consequently more efficient. But it is sed's ability to filter text
in a pipeline which particularly distinguishes it from other types of
editors.
Please, read carefully the NEWS file to see the user visible changes
and read the info or html docs to become familiar with the program.
For beginers the chapter: examples in the info doc may be instructive.
The chapter: Other resources for learning about 'sed' contains pointers
to usefull sed specific urls.
DJGPP specific changes.
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- This is a sed specific bug fix update.
- There are no DJGPP specific user visible changes. Major adjustments were
required to get the new and even more posix centric testsuite working with
MSDOS/DJGPP. Some of these tests cannot be ported.
- The port has been configured and compiled on WinXP SP3 and Win98SE. There
is no guarantee that this may be possible with any other DOS-like OS. Due
to the massive use of long file names it will not be possible to configure
and compile without LFN support. The port has been compiled using gcc346
and bnu227b.
- The port has been tested by using it. I have used them only on WinXP.
It has worked flawlessly. I do not konw if this will ever be the case on
FreeDOS. I have never used/tested them in that environment.
- To be able to build this port you may need to have LFN support.
As usual, all djgpp specific files (diffs, README files, etc.) are stored in
the /djgpp directory. The sources have been configured to be build in the
"_build" directory. If for some reason it does not work for you, delete it
contents and configure from scratch again.
Please read the docs to become familiar with this product.
Here is an extract of the NEWS file showing the user visible changes from
the last port (GNU Sed 4.3) to this one:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Noteworthy changes in release 4.4 (2017-02-03) [stable]
** Bug fixes
sed could segfault when invoked with specific combination of newlines
in the input and regex pattern. [Bug introduced in sed-4.3]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The port consists of the usual three packages produced using djdev205
that can be downloaded from ftp.delorie.com and mirrors as (time tamp 2017-02-08):
Sed 4.4 binary, info and man format documentation:
ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/sed44b.zip
Sed 4.4 dvi, html, pdf and ps format documentation:
ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/sed44d.zip
Sed 4.4 source:
ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/sed44s.zip
Send Sed specific bug reports to <bug-sed AT gnu DOT org>.
Send suggestions and bug reports concerning the DJGPP port
to comp.os.msdos.djgpp or <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>.
Enjoy.
Guerrero, Juan Manuel <juan DOT guerrero AT igd DOT fhg DOT de>
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