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Date:      Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:44:39 -1000
From:      Antony Mawer <fbsd-current@mawer.org>
To:        Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, julian@elischer.org
Subject:   Re: suggested addition to 'date'
Message-ID:  <44E650E7.5040601@mawer.org>
In-Reply-To: <200608181445.k7IEjA9f020038@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <200608181445.k7IEjA9f020038@lurza.secnetix.de>

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On 18/08/2006 4:45 AM, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> PS:  Personally I would recommend installing gnu-awk (it
> was formerly part of the FreeBSD base system, but it was
> replaced by a crippled awk, unfortunately), instead of
> hacking date.  I always install gnu-awk because it's so
> useful.

That's a bit drastic. Wouldn't be more sensible to encourage someone to 
add the same feature to our BSD-variety awk?

-Antony




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