Don't rely on GNU regex extension for character classes. $ echo --with-system-nspr --with-system-nss | gsed -e 's/--with-system-nspr\S* *//' --with-system-nss $ echo --with-system-nspr --with-system-nss | sed -e 's/--with-system-nspr\S* *//' sed: 1: "s/--with-system-nspr\S* ...": RE error: trailing backslash (\) diff --git old-configure.in old-configure.in index 7722587fadac..acf5d8d67a60 100644 --- mozilla/old-configure.in +++ mozilla/old-configure.in @@ -4405,7 +4405,7 @@ ac_configure_args="$_SUBDIR_CONFIG_ARGS" # --with-system-nspr will have been converted into the relevant $NSPR_CFLAGS # and $NSPR_LIBS. -ac_configure_args="`echo $ac_configure_args | sed -e 's/--with-system-nspr\S* *//'`" +ac_configure_args="`echo $ac_configure_args | sed -e 's/--with-system-nspr[[^[:space:]]]* *//'`" if test "$_INTL_API" = no; then ac_configure_args="$ac_configure_args --without-intl-api"