Re: [bug-gettext] The 'sed' program is not GNU sed. Try installing GNU sed.

[Bruno Haible]

Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> I am trying to build and install Sed on OS X. To build Sed I need to
> build and install iConvert and Gettext first.
> 
> There seems to be a dependency issue when building Gettext for Sed:
> 
> ../build-aux/moopp  ./fd-ostream.oo.c ./fd-ostream.oo.h ./ostream.oo.h
> ../build-aux/moopp  ./file-ostream.oo.c ./file-ostream.oo.h ./ostream.oo.h
> moopp: *** The 'sed' program is not GNU sed. Try installing GNU sed.
> moopp: *** Stop.
> moopp: *** The 'sed' program is not GNU sed. Try installing GNU sed.
> moopp: *** Stop.
> 
> Any ideas how we can work around the issue?

Three ideas:
  a) Use a gettext tarball, rather than building from the git repository.
     Tarballs can be built with a minimal set of helper programs [1].
     GNU sed is not a prerequisite.
  b) Use a sed tarball, rather than building from the git repository.
     Tarballs can be built with a minimal set of helper programs [1].
     GNU msgfmt is not a prerequisite.
  c) Use GNU sed binaries or build recipes from MacPorts or Homebrew.

Bruno

[1] https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Utilities-in-Makefiles.html