Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 20:11:32 +0400 From: Wartan Hachaturow <wartan.hachaturow@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Standards <freebsd-standards@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: standards/54410 (awk command) Message-ID: <4aaa2e1c041013091140b5f93b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041011190900.GA1278@schweikhardt.net> References: <20040930173735.25F3A2AC79@beowulf.gw.com> <20041010165549.GA11517@schweikhardt.net> <416A6CA3.1000507@kprasad.org> <20041011190900.GA1278@schweikhardt.net>
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:09:00 +0200, Jens Schweikhardt
<schweikh@schweikhardt.net> wrote:
> 3. Add {} unconditionally at the risk of breaking awk scripts and point
> users to awk(1) where it says this should always have been like this.
> Place prominent note in UPGRADING. Hah, as if anyone reads that :-)
I would certainly vote for that.
If standard requires ERE supports as a default behaviour, then our awk should
behave like that by default.
If scripts use non-standard behaviour, they are broken and should be fixed :)
However, it might be wise to test buildworlds and base system before committing,
and force maintainers to fix scipts in advance -- at least, most important ones.
--
Regards, Wartan.
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