From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Feb 20 12:30: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1D7E37B405 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:30:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1KKU1v44684; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:30:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:30:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200202202030.g1KKU1v44684@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Peter Pentchev Subject: Re: gnu/35156: suggestion: hard link /usr/bin/awk to /usr/bin/gawk Reply-To: Peter Pentchev Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR gnu/35156; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev To: "Eric S. Van Gyzen" Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gnu/35156: suggestion: hard link /usr/bin/awk to /usr/bin/gawk Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 20:43:56 +0200 On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 12:04:13PM -0800, Eric S. Van Gyzen wrote: > > >Number: 35156 > >Category: gnu > >Synopsis: suggestion: hard link /usr/bin/awk to /usr/bin/gawk > >Description: > FreeBSD's awk is GNU awk, but the gawk command doesn't exist (in the > base system). Some Linux binaries assume that "gawk" exists. > Consider linking /usr/bin/awk to /usr/bin/gawk. Granted, this would > conflict with ports/lang/gawk, but perhaps the port should be removed > in favor of keeping src/contrib/awk up to date. Well, FreeBSD's awk is GNU awk in 4.x only now; Bell Labs' awk was imported into -CURRENT a while ago. So, this hardlink should only exist in 4.x, which makes it a somewhat less than perfect solution. In any case, FreeBSD's (GNU) awk in 4.x is a bit outdated, so if people really have scripts that require (or assume) GNU awk, it is up to said people to make the decision - symlink /usr/bin/gawk -> awk on their system (symlink for the benefit of survival over the next installworld) or install ports/lang/gawk and be done with it :) At least, this is my personal opinion; others are welcome to voice theirs. G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 "yields falsehood, when appended to its quotation." yields falsehood, when appended to its quotation. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message