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1Because a working sed is a prerequisite for running the ``configure''
2script, I have provided the script ``bootstrap.sh'' which will attempt
3to build a version of sed adequate for running ``configure''. If it
4fails, edit the ``config.h'' file that was created according to the
5comments found therein, and then try running ``bootstrap.sh'' again.
6
7The bootstrap build is quite likely to babble on and on with
8various compiler warnings. You may want to tell bootstrap.sh
9how to invoke your compiler with warnings disabled. For example,
10with a Bourne-like shell and gcc one could use:
11 $ CC='gcc -w' sh bootstrap.sh
12or with a csh-like shell, one could try:
13 % env CC='gcc -w' sh bootstrap.sh
14
15Once you get a working version of sed, temporarily install sed/sed
16somewhere in your $PATH, and then really re-build the normal way
17(starting with ``sh configure''); the bootstrap version is almost
18certainly more crippled than it needs to be on your machine.
19
20I don't much care to hear about any bugs in ``bootstrap'' versions
21of sed beyond those which actually keep the ``bootstrap'' version from
22building, or sed's configure script from running properly. I am
23especially uninterested in compiler warnings from the bootstrap build.
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