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+# AST_PROG_SED
+# -----------
+# Check for a fully functional sed program that truncates
+# as few characters as possible. Prefer GNU sed if found.
+AC_DEFUN([AST_PROG_SED],
+[AC_CACHE_CHECK([for a sed that does not truncate output], ac_cv_path_SED,
+ [dnl ac_script should not contain more than 99 commands (for HP-UX sed),
+ dnl but more than about 7000 bytes, to catch a limit in Solaris 8 /usr/ucb/sed.
+ ac_script=s/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb/
+ for ac_i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7; do
+ ac_script="$ac_script$as_nl$ac_script"
+ done
+ echo "$ac_script" | sed 99q >conftest.sed
+ $as_unset ac_script || ac_script=
+ _AC_PATH_PROG_FEATURE_CHECK(SED, [sed gsed],
+ [_AC_FEATURE_CHECK_LENGTH([ac_path_SED], [ac_cv_path_SED],
+ ["$ac_path_SED" -f conftest.sed])])])
+ SED="$ac_cv_path_SED"
+ AC_SUBST([SED])dnl
+ rm -f conftest.sed
+])# AST_PROG_SED