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31.0.50; M-x man on macOS fails with error

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Przemysław Kryger <pkryger <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 77944 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de, david <at> porkrind.org
Subject: bug#77944: 31.0.50; M-x man on macOS fails with error
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:45:54 +0300

> From: Przemysław Kryger <pkryger <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:19:39 +0100
> 
> > I actually don't understand why there's a need to change
> > Man-sed-command.  Can't you arrange for GNU Sed to be on PATH before
> > the system-provided one?
> 
> This could be done, for example brew gives this advice on my system:
> 
> GNU "sed" has been installed as "gsed".
> If you need to use it as "sed", you can add a "gnubin" directory
> to your PATH from your bashrc like:
> 
>     PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
> 
> However, this may have unintended consequences when something else
> relies on some peculiarity of non GNU sed installed with OS.  Unless GNU
> sed functionality is guaranteed to be a superset of the non GNU one.

I think GNU Sed is indeed a superset in its functionalities.

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