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    Make regexp match only what it should (refs: #12680). · ddccd730
    intrigeri authored
    "." is a regexp special char. We mean "." literally so it ought to be escaped.
    
    Wrong:
    
     $ echo 'user_pref("extensionsXenigmailYconfiguredVersion",' \
       | sed --regexp-extended \
            '/^(user_)?pref\("extensions.enigmail.configuredVersion",/d'
    
    Right:
    
     $ echo 'user_pref("extensionsXenigmailYconfiguredVersion",' \
       | sed --regexp-extended \
            '/^(user_)?pref\("extensions\.enigmail\.configuredVersion",/d'
     user_pref("extensionsXenigmailYconfiguredVersion",
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