[comp.os.minix] patch for minix sed

wswietse@eutrc3.UUCP (Wietse Venema) (04/15/88)

The following patches to the sed program (posted sept 1987?) solve
the problems I stumbled upon. 
For maximum UNIX compatibility you should remove the support for the +
operator in regular expressions...

*** sedcomp.c.orig	Fri Apr 15 11:27:22 1988
--- sedcomp.c	Fri Apr 15 11:33:21 1988
***************
*** 538,545 ****
                                  c = '\n';
                          else if (c == 't')              /* match a tab */
                                  c = '\t';
!                         else
!                                 goto defchar;           /* else match \c */
  
                  case '\0':      /* ignore nuls */
                          continue;
--- 538,544 ----
                                  c = '\n';
                          else if (c == 't')              /* match a tab */
                                  c = '\t';
!                         goto defchar;                   /* else match \c */
  
                  case '\0':      /* ignore nuls */
                          continue;
***************
*** 786,792 ****
  register char   *ep;            /* where to compile to */
  char            delim;          /* end delimiter to look for */
  {
!         register char   c, *tp, *sp;
  
          /* scan the 'from' section for invalid chars */
          for(sp = tp = cp; *tp != delim; tp++)
--- 785,792 ----
  register char   *ep;            /* where to compile to */
  char            delim;          /* end delimiter to look for */
  {
!         register char   *tp, *sp;
!         register int    c;
  
          /* scan the 'from' section for invalid chars */
          for(sp = tp = cp; *tp != delim; tp++)
*** sedexec.c.orig	Fri Apr 15 11:27:25 1988
--- sedexec.c	Fri Apr 15 11:29:49 1988
***************
*** 225,230 ****
--- 225,231 ----
                  ipc++;
                  return(FALSE);
          }
+ 	return(!ipc->flags.allbut);
  }
  
  static int match(expbuf, gf)    /* uses genbuf */
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