svn commit: r197357 - head/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed

[Diomidis Spinellis]

Author: dds
Date: Sun Sep 20 14:20:00 2009
New Revision: 197357
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/197357

Log:
  Describe how other systems treat this case.

Modified:
  head/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/multitest.t

Modified: head/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/multitest.t
==============================================================================
--- head/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/multitest.t	Sun Sep 20 14:11:33 2009	(r197356)
+++ head/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/multitest.t	Sun Sep 20 14:20:00 2009	(r197357)
@@ -438,7 +438,11 @@ u2/g' lines1
 	# This is a matter of interpretation
 	# POSIX 1003.1, 2004 says "Within the BRE and the replacement,
 	# the BRE delimiter itself can be used as a *literal* character
-	# if it is preceded by a backslash
+	# if it is preceded by a backslash"
+	# SunOS 5.1 /usr/bin/sed and Mac OS X follow the literal POSIX
+	# interpretation.
+	# GNU sed version 4.1.5 treats \[ as the beginning of a character
+	# set specification (both with --posix and without).
 	mark '8.19' ; sed 's/l/[/' lines1 | $SED -e 's[\[.[X['
 	mark '8.20' ; sed 's/l/[/' lines1 | $SED -e 's[\[.[X\[['
 }