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Request 921253 accepted
This is Part 1/2 to remove update-alternatives support from awk.
On linux systems, GNU software is usually considered the default implementation. There are a lot of scripts assuming gawk to be the
interpreter engine, as for very long time now, gawk is the default
interpreter for SUSE/openSUSE.
Gawk is POSIX compliant if the env variable POSIXLY_CORRECT is set,
and therefore should be able to run run all awk scripts seeking for compatibility.
This patch unconditionally makes gawk the default awk implementation by setting a symlink from /usr/bin/gawk to /usr/bin/awk.
- Created by manfred999
- In state accepted
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manfred999 created request
This is Part 1/2 to remove update-alternatives support from awk.
On linux systems, GNU software is usually considered the default implementation. There are a lot of scripts assuming gawk to be the
interpreter engine, as for very long time now, gawk is the default
interpreter for SUSE/openSUSE.
Gawk is POSIX compliant if the env variable POSIXLY_CORRECT is set,
and therefore should be able to run run all awk scripts seeking for compatibility.
This patch unconditionally makes gawk the default awk implementation by setting a symlink from /usr/bin/gawk to /usr/bin/awk.
dirkmueller accepted request
other request was also accepted.
Not sure if @namtrac (maintainer of mawk) gets to review SR 921254, it would probably make sense to accept/decline both SRs (921253 and 921254) together.
@dirkmueller, @jmoellers, @msmeissn, @psmt, @tabraham1: review reminder