Include GNU sed 4.1.5 [PSARC/2008/254 FastTrack timeout 04/17/2008]

[Don Cragun]

I am submitting this FastTrack for Carol.
A patch binding is requested.
This case times out Thursday, April 17, 2008.

 - Don

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1. Introduction
    1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
	 Include GNU sed 4.1.5
    1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
	 Author:  Carol Fields
    1.3  Date of This Document:
	10 April, 2008
4. Technical Description

4.1 Summary
	This case adds the GNU implementation of sed to the SFW
	consolidation for delivery in OpenSolaris/Indiana.  GNU sed
	will be integrated under the guidelines for /usr/gnu [1].

	This case seeks Patch binding.

4.2 Details
	GNU sed provides an implementation of the UNIX stream editor.
	GNU sed is incompatible with Solaris /usr/bin/sed and
	/usr/xpg4/bin/sed, as demonstrated by comparing the results of
	UNIX03 VSC sed tests.  GNU sed offers enhancements over
	/usr/bin/sed and /usr/xpg4/bin/sed.  (For example, GNU 'sed -r'
	allows use of extended regular expressions in the script.) It
	is expected that developer time will be conserved by providing
	GNU sed on OpenSolaris; developers expect the familiarity of
	open source tools across platforms.

	A new package, SUNWgsed, will be introduced to deliver the
	component.  Given that GNU sed is a conflicting command,
	/usr/bin/gsed will be provided because other operating systems,
	such as FreeBSD, include gsed.  /usr/gnu/bin/sed will be a
	symlink to ../../bin/gsed.  Similarly
	/usr/gnu/share/man/man1/sed.1 will be a symlink to
	../../../../share/man/man1/gsed.1.

	The initial version provided will be sed-4.1.5.  The man page
	included in the sed-4.1.5 package refers to "sed version
	4.1.4".  It also contains the header "SED(1)".  To be
	consistent with other conflicting commands, "SED(1)" will not
	be changed to "GSED(1)".  So when MANPATH begins with
	/usr/gnu/share/man:/usr/share/man, `man sed` will print the
	"SED(1)" man page.  And `man gsed` will print the same man page
	when MANPATH begins with /usr/share/man.

4.3 Exported Interfaces
	/usr/gnu/bin/sed (symlink to ../../bin/gsed)
		Location:		Uncommitted
		Invocation:		Volatile
		Human-readable output:	Volatile

	/usr/gnu/share/man/man1/sed.1
	(symlink to ../../../../share/man/man1/gsed.1)
		Location:		Uncommitted

	/usr/share/info/sed.info
		Location:		Uncommitted

5. References
	[1] S. Hahn, B. Smaalders, and R. Orth, PSARC/2007/047: /usr/gnu
	[2] S. Hahn, PSARC/2007/049:  Include GNU which 2.16
	[3] S. Hahn, PSARC/2007/048:  Include GNU coreutils 6.7
	[4] SED(1) man page: materials/sed.1

6. Resources and Schedule
    6.4. Steering Committee requested information
   	6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
		SFW
    6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
    6.6. ARC Exposure: open