Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 00:41:40 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/common merge_help.awk Message-ID: <20011101004140.A71075@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20011101111853.B66386@nagual.pp.ru>; from ache@nagual.pp.ru on Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 11:18:53AM %2B0300 References: <200111010716.fA17GZH92639@freefall.freebsd.org> <20011101111853.B66386@nagual.pp.ru>
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On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 11:18:53AM +0300, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: > On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 23:16:35 -0800, David E. O'Brien wrote: > > obrien 2001/10/31 23:16:35 PST > > > > Modified files: > > sys/boot/common merge_help.awk > > Log: > > Bell-Labs AWK does not support POSIX "bracket expressions" (POSIXese for > > "character classes", basically). So change them to their character > > representation. > > So, why we switch from GNU awk to non-POSIX compatible one? An POSIX in this context refers to the syntax of [[:alpha:]]. It does not mean the POSIX awk must support that feature. Garrett, what does POSiX have to say about AWK? -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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