Paul Eggert wrote: > I suggest rewriting 'bootstrap' so that it > works even with standard 'sed' on Solaris.
Is this really worth the effort? For three years already, we have been documenting in gnulib/DEPENDENCIES that GNU sed is a "recommended" prerequisite for running gnulib-tool. Hence also a prerequisite for running 'bootstrap'. A developer who checks out some git repository and runs 'autogen.sh' or 'bootstrap' is expected to have all the necessary tools available: m4, autoconf, automake, gettext, bison, gperf, texinfo - and sed. It's part of the necessary working environment. It would be pointless to try to make 'gnulib-tool' work without autoconf. Or without automake. Or without bison. Then why make special efforts to accommodate an inferior 'sed' program? Bruno
