On 2024.09.23 14:14, Eric Sunshine wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 12:38 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Chris Torek <chris.torek@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 11:24 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> The reason why I am curious is because https://ss64.com/mac/sed.html > > >> claims that -E works. > > > > > > It does for me, on my Mac, which is deliberately behind current: I am > > > still on Big Sur. > > > > Josh, the topic has been cooking in 'next' long enough to graduate > > to 'master' without anybody else complaining. Could you > > double-check and if possible see what is different in your > > environment from others? > > > > I can hold the topic in 'next' longer but not forever without > > progress. Help from macOS folks (if it is macOS specific issue) > > is greatly appreciated. > > I checked my High Sierra installation (macOS 10.13) which is even > older than Big Sur (macOS 11), and High Sierra's "sed" also > understands -E. Hi folks, sorry for the false alarm and the delayed response. For some reason our build environment has a >decade old version of sed. I'm still tracking down why that is, but please do not hold back this topic any longer due to our out-of-date-ness. Sorry again!