Subject: Re: MAKEDEV.awk bug with debian-unstable
To: enami tsugutomo <enami@sm.sony.co.jp>
From: Tim Sellar <tim@silverwebs.co.uk>
List: current-users
Date: 04/22/2004 10:37:34
On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 09:45 +0900, enami tsugutomo wrote:
> Tim Sellar writes:
>
> > I'm cross-building current on debian-unstable and have been caught out
> > by a problem with awk. Unless the following change is applied an
> > unusable MAKEDEV is produced, breaking installation. Is this unique to
> > debian or a problem with gawk perhaps? Anyone else seeing this?
>
> What version of gawk is installed in your system? At least gawk 3.13
> works with wrong script. And please try the patch below.
>
> enami.
>
On closer inspection it appears I am actually running mawk:
$ awk -W version
mawk 1.3.3 Nov 1996, Copyright (C) Michael D. Brennan
Your supplied patch works and produces a correct MAKEDEV. Any idea what
the problem is?