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Re: debootstrap [fw: [PATCH] using non-standard call to 'head' breaks with busybox]



(Massive Cc's coz that's how mutt defaulted)

On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 11:23:42PM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote:
> On Fri Apr 20, 2001 at 12:58:12PM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> > I will put it on my TODO list, but its not going to happen for a few
> > weeks...
> Don't bother.  Busybox is not going to support 'tail -#' syntax.
> Just make sure to use the 'tail -n #' syntax and all is well,

The debootstrap installed today should do this correctly.

On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 11:30:25PM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote:
> On Thu Apr 19, 2001 at 09:42:33PM -0700, David Whedon wrote:
> > busybox sed doesn't like 'i' option, it likes 'I' though
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?archive=no&bug=94579
> Hmm.  This looks like a live bug to me.  

s///i isn't actually documented in the sed manpage, so I'm not sure
where it comes from, whether it's standard or an extension or what.
Should be pretty easy to add: just put a case 'i': before the case 'I':.
Normal sed supports both s///i and s///I, so I've switched debootsrap
to use the capital I.

Cheers,
aj

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