bug#19842: sed bug: using -e instead of a literal newline in s replacement fails

[Hans-Bernhard Bröker]

> The following is from POSIX[0]:

> If any -e or -f options are specified, the script of editing commands
> shall initially be empty. The commands specified by each -e or -f
> option shall be added to the script in the order specified.

I think the solution to this mystery might be that the above statement 
is a good deal more strict than people have taken it.  It speaks of 
"commands specified by each -e".  Well, the example case's -e options 
_do_not_ each specify commands.  They each only specify part of one command.

So as I read this, this report is invalid by way of its expectations not 
being backed by the POSIX specification.