Re: CVS commit: src/usr.bin/sed

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <Pine.NEB.4.64.2103302136340.10165%athena.zia.io@localhost>,
John Klos  <john%ziaspace.com@localhost> wrote:
>Log Message:
>Use the same options like m4 (-g turns on GNU, -G turns off GNU) Suggested
>by uwe@
>
>It seems, based on comparing netbsd-9 and -current, that the default was 
>-g (GNU on), and is now -G (GNU off). Should the default be mentioned in 
>the man page?

NetBSD-9 did not support gnu extensions, but it silently ignored
them (e.g. \w became w). NetBSD-current supports them but they are
off by default; it also warns about \ escapes it does not recognize.

All the packages that warn now and did not warn before, were just not
working properly before.

christos