diff --git a/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/multitest.t b/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/multitest.t index fefc70b02420..2d808916f9a6 100644 --- a/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/multitest.t +++ b/tools/regression/usr.bin/sed/multitest.t @@ -438,7 +438,11 @@ u2/g' lines1 # This is a matter of interpretation # POSIX 1003.1, 2004 says "Within the BRE and the replacement, # the BRE delimiter itself can be used as a *literal* character - # if it is preceded by a backslash + # if it is preceded by a backslash" + # SunOS 5.1 /usr/bin/sed and Mac OS X follow the literal POSIX + # interpretation. + # GNU sed version 4.1.5 treats \[ as the beginning of a character + # set specification (both with --posix and without). mark '8.19' ; sed 's/l/[/' lines1 | $SED -e 's[\[.[X[' mark '8.20' ; sed 's/l/[/' lines1 | $SED -e 's[\[.[X\[[' }