[Info-vax] SED on GNV

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/13/2021 10:37 AM, issinoho wrote:
> On Wednesday, 13 January 2021 at 14:33:50 UTC, xyzz... at gmail.com wrote:
>> On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 5:50:10 AM UTC-5, issinoho wrote:
>>> The last Alpha build of SED on the GNV site is now 7 years old and does not install on VSI - are there any plans to update, or alternate builds of SED available?

>> There should be an installable VSI GNV at the VSI open source ftp area.
>>
>> $ sed :== $gnv$gnu:[bin]sed.exe
>> $ sed --version
>> /_$1$DGA29/REAGAN/I64_GNV/BIN/SED.EXE (GNU sed) 4.2.2
>> Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
>> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
>> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
>>
>> Written by Jay Fenlason, Tom Lord, Ken Pizzini,
>> and Paolo Bonzini.
>> GNU sed home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/>.
>> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
>> E-mail bug reports to: <bug... at gnu.org>.
>> Be sure to include the word ``sed'' somewhere in the ``Subject:'' field.
>> $ show system/noproc
>> OpenVMS V8.4-2L1 on node LOBSTA 13-JAN-2021 09:33:13.18 Uptime 1 19:38:49
> 
> Unfortunately VSI only support IA64, not Alpha.

The source should be available. And I would expect that if it builds
on VMS I64 then it should build on VMS Alpha.

Arne