Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 14:40:32 GMT From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/72383: manpage for awk(1) is terribly small and loses important notes Message-ID: <200410061440.i96EeWaZ062886@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/72383; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Seva Gluschenko <gvs@rinet.ru> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/72383: manpage for awk(1) is terribly small and loses important notes Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 10:39:06 -0400 On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 18:07:02 +0400 (MSD) Seva Gluschenko <gvs@rinet.ru> wrote: > > >Number: 72383 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: manpage for awk(1) is terribly small and loses important notes > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-doc > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Wed Oct 06 14:10:21 GMT 2004 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Seva Gluschenko > >Release: FreeBSD 5.3-BETA3 i386 > >Organization: > Yandex LLC > >Environment: > System: FreeBSD road.yandex.ru 5.3-BETA3 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA3 #11: Tue Sep 7 19:13:32 MSD 2004 gvs@road.yandex.ru:/local/obj/local/usr/src/sys/ROAD i386 > > > > >Description: > Cite from gawk (bundled with FreeBSD-4.x) manpage: > > Each field in the input record may be referenced by its position, $1, > $2, and so on. $0 is the whole record. The value of a field may be > assigned to as well. Fields need not be referenced by constants: To the best of my knowledge, this is contrib software and these should either be fixed on the vendor branch or we need permission to take the manual page off the vendor branch. I'm only keen on the first option though. -- Tom Rhodes
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