diff -upr sed-4.2.2/sed/sed.c sed-4.2.2_new/sed/sed.c
--- sed-4.2.2/sed/sed.c	2013-05-03 13:15:23.841235793 +0200
+++ sed-4.2.2_new/sed/sed.c	2013-05-03 13:15:23.842235796 +0200
@@ -163,14 +163,21 @@ main(argc, argv)
   int argc;
   char **argv;
 {
-#ifdef REG_PERL
-#define SHORTOPTS "bcsnrzRuEe:f:l:i::V:"
+#if defined(REG_PERL) && \
+    (defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(MSDOS) || defined(__EMX__))
+#define SHORTOPTS "bsnrzRuEe:f:l:i::V:"
+#elif defined(REG_PERL)
+#define SHORTOPTS "snrzRuEe:f:l:i::V:"
+#elif defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(MSDOS) || defined(__EMX__)
+#define SHORTOPTS "bsnrzuEe:f:l:i::V:"
 #else
-#define SHORTOPTS "bcsnrzuEe:f:l:i::V:"
+#define SHORTOPTS "snrzuEe:f:l:i::V:"
 #endif
 
   static struct option longopts[] = {
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(MSDOS) || defined(__EMX__)
     {"binary", 0, NULL, 'b'},
+#endif
     {"regexp-extended", 0, NULL, 'r'},
 #ifdef REG_PERL
     {"regexp-perl", 0, NULL, 'R'},
@@ -283,10 +290,12 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	  posixicity = POSIXLY_BASIC;
 	  break;
 
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(MSDOS) || defined(__EMX__)
         case 'b':
 	  read_mode = "rb";
 	  write_mode = "wb";
 	  break;
+#endif
 
 	/* Undocumented, for compatibility with BSD sed.  */
 	case 'E':