I have GNU sed version 3.02. I tried updating msys, but I still have the
same sed version.
And configure gives plenty of errors (with either ccl or sbcl)
config.status: creating maxima-local
sed: file ./confstat5168-26447/subs-3.sed line 51: Unterminated `s'
command
sed: file ./confstat5168-26447/subs-4.sed line 3: Unknown command: ``"''
sed: file ./confstat5168-26447/subs-5.sed line 3: Unknown command: ``"''
config.status: creating xmaxima-local
sed: file ./confstat5168-26447/subs-3.sed line 51: Unterminated `s'
command
sed: file ./confstat5168-26447/subs-4.sed line 3: Unknown command: ``"''
sed: file ./confstat5168-26447/subs-5.sed line 3: Unknown command: ``"''
config.status: creating src/share-subdirs.lisp
Also see http://www.mingw.org/wiki/msys -- in particular the warning:
"Some programs when used under the MSYS shell can be tricky. One such
example is sed.
$ ls *.txt -1 | sed -e s/.exe/\&\!/g
Normally, sed will append "!" to the end of every .txt file, but if sed
was compiled and link using MinGW, MSYS will treat it as a native
application and will try to change "/" to "\" to compensate for the
difference between UNIX path and WIN32, resulting in unpredictability when
used under the MSYS shell."
--Barton