GNU bug report logs - #39999
make install fails on mac (Catilina, Guile-3.0.1)

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Package: guile;

Reported by: Massimiliano Gubinelli <m.gubinelli <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 14:35:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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Message #23 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Greg Troxel <gdt <at> lexort.com>
To: "W. Lincoln Harvey" via "Bug reports for GUILE\,
 GNU's Ubiquitous Extension Language" <bug-guile <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 39999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39999: BSD sed vs Gnu sed
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 20:04:19 -0400

"W. Lincoln Harvey" via "Bug reports for GUILE, GNU's Ubiquitous
Extension Language" <bug-guile <at> gnu.org> writes:

> backup file, BSD sed’s -i option requires a zero-length string as a
> mandatory argument, while Gnu sed’s -i option does not take any
> argument.

In cases like this, it is good to read the POSIX specs.

However, you will find that -i is not specified at all.

https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/sed.html
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