Re: [PATCH 2/2] Fix sed usage in tests to work around broken xpg4/sed on Solaris

> Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
> 
>>> I really wonder why the previous ">file+ && mv -f file+ file" dance
>>> needs to be replaced?
>>
>> The sed must be replaced because some versions on Solaris choke on the
>> incomplete last line in the file.
> 
> Switching from sed to perl is not being questioned.
> 
> I think Dscho is asking about the use of "-i", when the original
> idiom ">target+ && mv -f target+ target" worked perfectly fine.
> 
> I.e.
> 
> 	perl -p -e '...' file >file+ &&
>         mv file+ file