From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sed s/gawk/awk/ scripts/gen_init_ramfs.sh
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:49:44 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070123164944.db8acbad.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070115221146.GA12698@uranus.ravnborg.org>
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:11:46 +0100
Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:24:17PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <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...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-24 0:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-15 21:24 [PATCH] sed s/gawk/awk/ scripts/gen_init_ramfs.sh Rob Landley
2007-01-15 22:11 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-01-24 0:49 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2007-01-24 17:30 ` Rob Landley
2007-01-24 21:03 ` [rft] (g)awk substitution (Re: [PATCH] sed s/gawk/awk/scripts/gen_init_ramfs.sh) Oleg Verych
2007-01-24 22:44 ` [patch, rft] scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh: replace gawk with shell, whitespace cleanup Oleg Verych
2007-01-24 23:30 ` [patch, rft] scripts/makelst: replace gawk with shell, update Oleg Verych
2007-01-25 1:51 ` [rft] (g)awk substitution (Re: [PATCH] sed s/gawk/awk/scripts/gen_init_ramfs.sh) Rob Landley
2007-01-25 9:40 ` sed _s_gnu_alternatives_ (Re: [rft] (g)awk substitution) Oleg Verych
2007-01-25 18:03 ` Rob Landley
2007-01-25 19:14 ` Oleg Verych
2007-01-25 19:38 ` Rob Landley
2007-01-25 21:18 ` Oleg Verych
2007-01-26 17:47 ` Rob Landley
2007-01-26 20:14 ` Oleg Verych
2007-01-27 0:18 ` Tim Schmielau
2007-01-27 6:38 ` scripts/makelst: bc -> shell " Oleg Verych
2007-02-03 11:24 ` David Weinehall
2007-02-03 13:10 ` Oleg Verych
2007-02-03 11:13 ` David Weinehall
2007-02-02 16:36 ` [PATCH] sed s/gawk/awk/ scripts/gen_init_ramfs.sh Adrian Bunk
2007-02-02 21:01 ` Oleg Verych
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