linux-kernel - Re: [rft] (g)awk substitution (Re: [PATCH] sed s/gawk/awk/scripts/gen_init

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Message-Id: <200701242051.34153.rob@landley.net>
Date:	Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:51:32 -0500
From:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
To:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [rft] (g)awk substitution (Re: [PATCH] sed s/gawk/awk/scripts/gen_init_ramfs.sh)

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 4:03 pm, Oleg Verych wrote:

> Let me propose you to test this as solution, that need no awk, only shell:

Actually awk is one of the standard Single Unix Specification (version 3) 
utilities and the kernel build uses it in a number of places, such as 
arch/alpha/boot/Makefile, drivers/eisa/Makefile, scripts/ver_linux.

Your objection is a bit like saying "and don't use cat".  I'm saying don't 
call cat "gcat" when you just mean plain old cat.

> p.s. who is going to make alternative to GNU make ? ;D

Me.  Seriously.  It's on my todo list, as part of the Firmware Linux project:

http://lwn.net/Articles/215941/

Although as major projects go, it's about fifth down on the list after getting 
toybox up to speed, writing a proper bash replacement shell, getting tcc to 
build an unmodified Linux kernel, convincing the uClibc guys to HAVE ANOTHER 
RELEASE ALREADY (it's been a year and a half, I _sent_ a cake)...

Today, I'm writing a gene2fs that produces streaming output (I.E. it works 
like tar).  It's not done yet...

Rob
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