We (Indeed) were recently hit by mawk posix non-compliance as well. For all the reasons stated above, I would also like to see mawk replaced with gawk in main. I'd also like to see the mawk dependencies in the ubuntu-meta packages replaced with gawk. For that reason I'm opening a separate target for this bug in ubuntu-meta.
** Also affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags added: indeed ** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1841654 Title: Consider replacing mawk with gawk in main To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mawk/+bug/1841654/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs