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Re: sed --posix does not catch incomplete arguments


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: sed --posix does not catch incomplete arguments
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:21:09 -0600
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On 06/11/2010 03:56 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> It's a bug in the spec.  The overall script built by the -e option
> shall have the same properties as the script operand, but not the
> single options.  BSD sed does the same and, in fact, I'm pretty sure
> this use is portable to even the crappiest seds.
> 
> I would say the inability to use multiple -e options instead of
> newlines is an unwanted bug of POSIX, instead.
> 
> Anybody can report this to the Austin group?

Done: http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=262

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