On 30 May 2017, at 17:08, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote: > The problem is that configure scripts of ports like the one you're building > automatically look for gawk and other similar utilities. Even if the system > version of awk would work, they prefer the MacPorts gawk if it's present.
Thanks, Ryan. Now wontfix makes sense. I suppose the explanation and the possible solutions could make it into the wiki.