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Originally Posted by Luridis
Build a Linux From Scratch. Look at all the depreciated CLI components appearing in more than one package, one being chosen over another because it hasn't seen an update in 5+ years, etc.
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I'd say that many of the issues you're seeing are happening precisely
because the "plumbing" is being actively developed...
The GNU back-end is far from dead.
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Originally Posted by Luridis
I've run LFS for a long time. About a year ago I did a comparison of SED fixes from the 2003 era LFS to last years. It wasn't pretty.
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Could you please clarify your meaning here?
The sed page of the LFS book says that the build is no different to any other GNU project.
The last version of sed was released 4 years ago, but that shouldn't be an issue if the code compiles with a current version of GCC. I'd say most of the stuff you're looking at hasn't been updated in 5+ years because there is simply no need to do so.
How much more development can be done on a CLI tool like sed once its developers consider it to be "feature complete" and the bugs are ironed out?