FreeBSD's sed(1) doesn't support using "\n" to insert a newline, so the installed default.xml file ends up containing a literal "n" between tags; to work around this problem, add a tr(1) invocation as suggested by the sed FAQ[1]. [1] http://sed.sourceforge.net/sedfaq4.html (4.1 c) --- src/Makefile.am | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am index c639e37..f020545 100644 --- a/src/Makefile.am +++ b/src/Makefile.am @@ -3072,8 +3072,9 @@ if WITH_NETWORK $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/network/default.xml \ $(DESTDIR)$(confdir)/qemu/networks/default.xml test -z "$(UUID)" || \ - { sed -e "s,</name>,</name>\n <uuid>$(UUID)</uuid>," \ - $(DESTDIR)$(confdir)/qemu/networks/default.xml > \ + { sed -e "s,</name>,</name>; <uuid>$(UUID)</uuid>," \ + $(DESTDIR)$(confdir)/qemu/networks/default.xml | \ + tr ";" "\n" > \ $(DESTDIR)$(confdir)/qemu/networks/default.xml.t && \ cp $(DESTDIR)$(confdir)/qemu/networks/default.xml.t \ $(DESTDIR)$(confdir)/qemu/networks/default.xml && \ -- 2.5.5 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list