Re: GNU sed and other non standard packages.
From: Janne Johansson (jj_at_jj.it.su.se)
Date: 03/30/04
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Date: 30 Mar 2004 12:56:05 +0200
"Mike Thomas" <miketh@brisbane.paradigmgeo.com> writes:
> Hi all.
>
> I just started out on OpenBSD 3.4 (which I found on a Magazine cover
> recently) and am still feeling my way around.
>
> While trying to build GNU Common Lisp (GCL) I found that the BSD sed doesn't
> handle the expressions fed to it by the GCL makefile which is very much GNU
> oriented. Looking around I find there is no instance of GNU sed in the
> precompiled packages for OpenBSD.
>
> Is it hidden inside one of the packages or should I be building it myself?
>
> If I build it myself, should I call it gsed?
Just build the gnu stuff and install it into /usr/local, and whenever
you need more GNUisms you put /usr/local/bin first in your PATH, and
they'll get used instead of the systemsupplied versions.
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