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---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 00:30:05 -0400
>From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>  
>Subject: Re: sed: 4.1.5 breaks libtool generation  
>To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>
>On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 02:24:00PM +1000, Mark Hessling wrote:
>>Given the fact that cygwin runs on a machine where the native linend is
>>CRLF, having a major component not recognise CRLF as a linend when
>>handling text files is, AFAIAC, a major problem.
>
>...unless you stop to consider that sed is supposed to work correctly on
>binary files.

That is a valid point, but what is more common; sed using text or binary files?  

Cheers, Mark 
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>cgf
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