From owner-freebsd-current Thu Nov 1 11:42:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.92.13.169]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE7A837B407 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 11:42:40 -0800 (PST) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.11.6/8.11.1) id fA1JgDU81659; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 11:42:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 11:42:13 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: "Andrey A. Chernov" , David Wolfskill , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: buildworld breakage during "make depend" at usr.bin/kdump Message-ID: <20011101114213.F79520@dragon.nuxi.com> Reply-To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20011101220836.A76061@nagual.pp.ru> <91693.1004642592@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <91693.1004642592@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 09:23:12PM +0200 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 09:23:12PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > No, awk should be fixed instead to conform POSIX specs, or switched back > > to gawk. > > It's not a binary decision. What we should probably do is: > > 1) Disconnect bwk-awk from the build. > 2) Connect gawk to the build. > 3) Fix bwk-awk and / or in-tree scripts that rely on gawkisms. > 4) Disconnect gawk from the build. > 5) Connect bwk-awk to the build. > 6) Issue a fat HEADS UP to -current (and probably -ports). Mostly agreed. This has not been at all as smooth as I thought it would be. Before going down this path, I would like to see if the current state of the world isn't usable. I think (hope) all the nits are out now. #6 is definately needed if Bell-Labs awk stays. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message