[Bug 5246] New: sed global replace misses replacements

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=5246

           Summary: sed global replace misses replacements
           Product: Busybox
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5
         Component: Other
        AssignedTo: unassigned at busybox.net
        ReportedBy: bugdal at aerifal.cx
                CC: busybox-cvs at busybox.net
   Estimated Hours: 0.0


For example:

$ echo hello | busybox sed 's/l*/@/g'                                           
@he at o                                                                           
$ echo hello | sed 's/l*/@/g'                                                   
@h at e@o@                                                                         

The latter behavior (GNU sed) is the expected, conformant behavior.

It looks to me like sed has an off-by-one error advancing the position to
search for the next match after making one replacement.

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