GNU bug report logs - #59444
ADVICE-ON-FAILURE sed syntax error

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:52:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>

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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Cc: 59444 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59444: ADVICE-ON-FAILURE sed syntax error
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:11:14 +0100

21 nov. 2022 kl. 13.49 skrev Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>:

> Again I tested this with (GNU) sed with --posix, and it gave the expected result.

Then what we should learn from this is that GNU sed --posix cannot be trusted blindly to reject non-POSIX features.
This is unsurprising -- it can be difficult to keep all extensions from leaking past the gate.

>  The reason I chose the former expression instead of the latter is because it's how I usually write such patterns.

That doesn't answer the question. Why that roundabout way, rather than the simpler direct approach?

> Fixed (a3b654e069) and closing.

That seems to work. Thank you!
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