CyberCircuits/sed-windows

Instructions for building sed.exe as a native windows application

sed-windows

Instructions for building Gnu Sed as a native windows application

All patches under the same license as sources of Gnu Sed: GPLv3 or later

Author of the patches: Michael M. Builov (mbuilov@gmail.com)

Fixed bugs:

• incorrect behavior in binary mode ('-b' switch) (https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=25459)
• wrong directory of input file in in-place editing mode ('-i' switch) (sed: cannot rename ./sed8JEw8l: Improper link)

Pre-built executables:

• sed-4.5.exe - sed 4.5 built for windowsXP x86
• sed-4.5-x64.exe - sed 4.5 built for windows7 x64

Instruction how to create build patch

• sed-4.5-build-patch-howto.txt

Prepared build patches

For x64/Windows7/VS17:

• sed-4.5-build-VS17-x64.txt - instruction how to apply patch to compile sed using native tools only
• sed-4.5-build-VS17-x64.patch

For x86/WindowsXP/VS9

• sed-4.5-build-VS9-x86.txt - instruction how to apply patch to compile sed using native tools only
• sed-4.5-build-VS9-x86.patch