linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sed s/gawk/awk/ scripts/gen_init

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Date:	Fri, 2 Feb 2007 21:01:04 +0000 (UTC)
From:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:  Re: [PATCH] sed s/gawk/awk/ scripts/gen_init_ramfs.sh

> 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 <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:
>> 
>> > On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:24:17PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
>> > > Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
>> > Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg>
>> > 
>> > > 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: <slrnes021q.f71.olecom@...wer.upol.cz>
	 Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/488044>

Thanks.

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