Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 23:34:23 GMT From: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: b96680d9ca08 - stable/13 - RELNOTES: add notes about awk updates Message-ID: <202107302334.16UNYNXG084370@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch stable/13 has been updated by imp: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=b96680d9ca08c1001868778ff9764b93e20f59be commit b96680d9ca08c1001868778ff9764b93e20f59be Author: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-07-30 23:04:53 +0000 Commit: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2021-07-30 23:04:53 +0000 RELNOTES: add notes about awk updates Direct commit to stable/13 to note user-visible changes in the awk update. Sponsored by: Netflix --- RELNOTES | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/RELNOTES b/RELNOTES index 1e8c23f98703..376615308ada 100644 --- a/RELNOTES +++ b/RELNOTES @@ -10,6 +10,20 @@ newline. Entries should be separated by a newline. Changes to this file should not be MFCed. +various: + One True Awk has been updated to the latest from upstream + (20210215). All the FreeBSD patches, but one, have now been + either up streamed or discarded. Notable changes include: + o Locale is no longer used for ranges + o Various bugs fixed + o Better compatibility with gawk and mawk + + The one FreeBSD change, likely to be removed in FreeBSD 14, is that + we still allow hex numbers, prefixed with 0x, to be parsed and + interpreted as hex numbers while all other awks (including one + true awk now) interpret them as 0 in line with awk's historic + behavior. + 8a04edfdcbd2: Change the default minor version used for an NFSv4 mount to the highest minor version supported by the NFSv4 server.
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