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"sed -E" is not specified by POSIX

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Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-sed <at> gnu.org
Cc: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#54484: "sed -E" is not specified by POSIX
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 13:37:47 -0700

Quoting a discussion in comp.unix.shell:

Keith Thompson:
> The enhancement request was submitted in 2011.  The resolution is
> "Accepted As Marked" and the status is "Applied", so I'm not entirely
> sure what's going on.  But in any case, The Open Group Base
> Specifications Issue 7, 2018 edition doesn't mention "-E".

Geoff Clare:
> "Applied" means the edits have been made in the (troff) source of SUS.
> In this specific case the edit was applied long enough ago that it
> was included in the latest draft (2.1) of the next revision (Issue 8)
> that was made available to reviewers in August 2021.

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