sed 1.11 bug

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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 10:40

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  Sed's 'D' command doesn't work if the pattern space comprises a single line
of '\n'-terminated text.  The following patch seems to fix the problem.

     -Chris Weber <weber@bucknell.edu>


*** sed.c.orig	Thu Oct 29 15:13:26 1992
--- sed.c	Thu Oct 29 15:16:00 1992
***************
*** 1189,1194 ****
--- 1189,1195 ----
  				    line.length=newlength;
  				    goto restart;
  				  }
+ 				line.length=0;
  				end_cycle++;
  			}
  			break;

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