Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 12:29:06 +0300 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/common merge_help.awk Message-ID: <20011101122904.A67911@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <20011101004140.A71075@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <200111010716.fA17GZH92639@freefall.freebsd.org> <20011101111853.B66386@nagual.pp.ru> <20011101004140.A71075@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 00:41:40 -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > 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? According to POSIX 1003.1 Draft 7, it must: "The awk utility shall make use of the extended regular expression notation (see the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-200x, Section 9.4, Extended Regular Expressions) except that it shall allow the use of C-language conventions for escaping special characters within the EREs, as specified in the table in the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-200x, Chapter 5" We need either to fix it or to return to GNU awk, current situation is not acceptable. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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