> From: Adrian Bunk > Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel > Subject: Re: [PATCH] sed s/gawk/awk/ scripts/gen_init_ramfs.sh > Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 17:36:20 +0100 [] > On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 04:49:44PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: >> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:11:46 +0100 >> Sam Ravnborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:24:17PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote: >> > > Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >> > > Use "awk" instead of "gawk". >> > > >> > > -- >> > > >> > > There's a symlink from awk to gawk if you're using the gnu tools, but no >> > > symlink from gawk to awk if you're using BusyBox or some such. (There's >> > > a >> > > reason for the existence of standard names. Can we use them please?) >> >> If the kernel is being compiled on a non-Linux system (eg: legacy Unix) >> then it is, I guess, possible for `awk' and `gawk' to offer different >> features. If the kernel's use of gawk uses GNU extensions then this patch >> might break things on such a system. >> >> I guess we'll find out... > > Not only legacy systems. > > E.g. in Debian GNU/Linux you must have at least one AWK implementation > installed, and awk is a symlink to one of them (both is done by the > package manager). > > Available AWK implementations are: > - GNU AWK > - Mawk > - the original AWK
Well, i'm looking for anyone to comment on my respond to this "issue". Probably noone has much time to do this. Anyway, please see my patch: Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/488044> Thanks. ____ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/