[GHC] #10172: Cross-platform sed

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#10172: Cross-platform sed
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        Reporter:  ezyang            |                   Owner:
            Type:  task              |                  Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |               Milestone:
       Component:  Build System      |                 Version:  7.11
      Resolution:                    |                Keywords:
Operating System:  Solaris           |            Architecture:
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |  Unknown/Multiple
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Comment (by ezyang):

 If I understand correctly, there is no way to get EREs from POSIX sed. It
 would be really nice to have a way of clamping to POSIX-only even on
 Linux; makes it less likely for devs to mess it up.

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