On 21-05-2011 19:34:34 +0200, Jeroen Roovers wrote:
> On Fri, 20 May 2011 17:56:00 +0200
> Fabian Groffen <grob...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 
> >   sed -e "<pattern>" "${file}" | diff "${file}" -
> > 
> > followed by the actual sed -i -e ...
> > 
> > This way I didn't need to write an intermediate file.
> 
> The problem there is that sed might be called just once on any one file,
> but in the tree it is often invoked with multiple scripts, so this
> simple implementation lacks a way to evaluate which sed scripts are
> useful.
> 
> Also, how do I ensure the sed replacement works only on invocations
> inside the ebuild, and not, say, in portage's internals?

(not tested, but as proof of concept)

alias sed my_sed
my_sed() {
        local oargs="${@}"
        local arg
        local nargs=()
        local hadi=
        local hade=
        while [[ -n $1 ]] ; do
                case "$1" in
                        -i)
                                # ignore this flag
                                hadi=yes
                                ;;
                        -e|-f)
                                shift
                                nargs+=( "-e$1" )
                                hade=yes
                                ;;
                        -*)
                                nargs+=( "$1" )
                                hade=yes
                                ;;
                        *)
                                if [[ -z ${hade} ]] ; then
                                        nargs+=( "$1" )
                                elif [[ -z ${hadi} ]] ; then
                                        # there is no inline replacing, not 
much we can do
                                        break
                                else
                                        sed "${nargs[@]}" "$1" | diff -q "$1" - 
> /dev/null \
                                                && ewarn "sed ${oargs} has no 
effect on $1" 
                                fi
                                ;;
                esac
                shift
        done

        \sed "${oargs}"
}


-- 
Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level

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