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

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Message-Id: <20070123164944.db8acbad.akpm@osdl.org>
Date:	Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:49:44 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sed s/gawk/awk/ scripts/gen_init_ramfs.sh

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...
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