[SOLVED] sed: unrecognized option '--follow-symlinks'

Question

I tried to build AUR package linuxcnc-sim and I got this error:
sed: unrecognized option '--follow-symlinks'
I thought that my sed command is outdated, so I tried to update it:
[ziga@Ziga-laptop linuxcnc]$ sudo pacman -Syy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 120.1 KiB 125K/s 00:01 [##############################################] 100%
extra 1793.4 KiB 191K/s 00:09 [##############################################] 100%
community 2.5 MiB 384K/s 00:07 [##############################################] 100%
multilib 123.9 KiB 1239K/s 00:00 [##############################################] 100%
[ziga@Ziga-laptop linuxcnc]$ sudo pacman -S sed
warning: sed-4.2.2-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (1) sed-4.2.2-3
Total Installed Size: 0.76 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.00 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
What I discovered was, that my sed command already is the newest version... does anyone have an idea what is wrong?
If I use man sed I get user manual where it says that unrecognized option '--follow-symlinks' is supported:
SED(1) User Commands SED(1)
NAME
sed - stream editor for filtering and transforming text
SYNOPSIS
sed [OPTION]... {script-only-if-no-other-script} [input-file]...
DESCRIPTION
Sed is a stream editor. A stream editor is used to perform basic text transformations on an input stream (a file or input
from a pipeline). While in some ways similar to an editor which permits scripted edits (such as ed), sed works by making
only one pass over the input(s), and is consequently more efficient. But it is sed's ability to filter text in a pipeline
which particularly distinguishes it from other types of editors.
-n, --quiet, --silent
suppress automatic printing of pattern space
-e script, --expression=script
add the script to the commands to be executed
-f script-file, --file=script-file
add the contents of script-file to the commands to be executed
--follow-symlinks
follow symlinks when processing in place
Last edited by 71GA (2015-02-13 07:14:59)

Answer 1

This could really be it. And my PATH is really weird - some inputs are doubled:
PATH=/opt/ARM/eldk/usr/bin:/opt/ARM/eldk/bin:/opt/ARM/eldk/usr/bin:/opt/ARM/eldk/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/opt/opencascade/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/opt/ARM/cs_lite/bin:/opt/ARM/unsimgcr:/opt/ARM/ds/bin:/opt/ARM/cs_lite/bin:/opt/ARM/unsimgcr:/opt/ARM/ds/bin
I modify my PATH at startup using ~/.bashrc
# ~/.bashrc
# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[[ $- != *i* ]] && return
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
export PATH=${PATH}:/opt/ARM/cs_lite/bin
export PATH=${PATH}:/opt/ARM/unsimgcr
export PATH=${PATH}:/opt/ARM/ds/bin
source /opt/ARM/eldk/eldk_init arm
What am I doing wrong in the .bashrc ?
Last edited by 71GA (2015-02-13 06:21:23)