Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 06:30:02 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gnu/35156: suggestion: hard link /usr/bin/awk to /usr/bin/gawk Message-ID: <200202221430.g1MEU2B94774@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR gnu/35156; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: gnu/35156: suggestion: hard link /usr/bin/awk to /usr/bin/gawk Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:20:21 +0200 Yeah, leave it to me to not notice a message addressed to me only, and not to GNATS too.. Forwarding a message from the PR originator to GNATS to get it into the audit trail. (Hopefully this does not count as forwarding personal e-mail to a list; I do believe that the submitter told me nothing that he would not have told others :) 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. ----- Forwarded message from "Eric S. Van Gyzen" <eric@stat.duke.edu> ----- From: "Eric S. Van Gyzen" <eric@stat.duke.edu> Organization: Duke University, ISDS To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> Subject: Re: gnu/35156: suggestion: hard link /usr/bin/awk to /usr/bin/gawk Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 16:32:12 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20020220204356.J334@straylight.oblivion.bg> Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 12:04:13PM -0800, Eric S. Van Gyzen wrote: > > >Synopsis: suggestion: hard link /usr/bin/awk to /usr/bin/gawk > > 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. Oh, that changes matters. I agree that it is less than perfect; when the 5- branch becomes -STABLE, ports/lang/gawk will be the only solution, so I should start doing that now. Thanks for the help. I really should track -CURRENT... -Eric -- Eric S. Van Gyzen 919.684.5419 Sr Systems Programmer eric@stat.duke.edu ISDS, Duke University 220 Old Chemistry Bldg PGP Public Key: http://www.stat.duke.edu/~vangyzen/pgpkey.asc ----- End forwarded message ----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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