Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946069AbXBBVBk (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:01:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1946070AbXBBVBj (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:01:39 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:41920 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946069AbXBBVBi (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:01:38 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Oleg Verych Subject: Re: [PATCH] sed s/gawk/awk/ scripts/gen_init_ramfs.sh Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 21:01:04 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Palacky University in Olomouc, experimental physics department. Message-ID: References: <200701151624.18033.rob@landley.net> <20070115221146.GA12698@uranus.ravnborg.org> <20070123164944.db8acbad.akpm@osdl.org> <20070202163620.GG3754@stusta.de> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: flower.upol.cz User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1pl1 (Debian) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1885 Lines: 48 > 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 wrote: >> >> > On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:24:17PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote: >> > > Signed-off-by: Rob Landley >> > Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg >> > >> > > 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: Archived-At: Thanks. ____ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/