Glibc-2.7: awk should be gawk, not mawk
Bruce Dubbs
bruce.dubbs at gmail.com
Mon Jan 14 15:59:36 MST 2008
Petr Ovtchenkov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to add my 2 cents to LFS.
>
> Note to http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter05/glibc.html
> (5.6. Glibc-2.7):
>
> Pay attention what is awk; if this is link to mawk (not gawk), then probably
> you will have problem with glibc-2.7 building.
Look at the preface to the book:
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/prologue/hostreqs.html
It clearly says that gawk is required and provides a test for it.
-- Bruce
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