Date: Sat, 31 Dec 1994 04:29:49 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Don Yuniskis <dgy@seagull.rtd.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: sed bugs Message-ID: <26197.788876989@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 31 Dec 94 02:14:14 MST." <199412310914.CAA18120@seagull.rtd.com>
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No overriding reason.. Our rule of thumb is to take a BSD tool (or non GPL'd, at least) if it's equivalent to the GNU tool. If a GNU tool is the only or clearly superior solution, we have no problem with adopting it.. Jordan > Greetings! > Sed fails to deal with `P' and `D' commands correctly. > The patch for `P' bug was trivial. However, I didn't know > enough about sed's behaviour wrt `D' to complete that patch. > So, I opted for the FSF sed, instead. > > Which begs the (silly?) question: Is there a reason to avoid > FSF tools? The GPL?? RSVP via private e-mail, if that is > appropriate ;-) > > Happy New Year's!
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