Bug#2349: can't use mawk to generate 1.3.57 kernel
Package: mawk
Version: 1.2.1-1
Mawk is broken badly when trying to generate dependencies on the 1.3.X
kernels.
Note the following:
{2}[0]/usr/src/linux-1.3.57 perv:-) ls -l /etc/alternatives/awk
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 26 02:16 /etc/alternatives/awk -> /usr/bin/mawk
{2}[0]/usr/src/linux-1.3.57 perv:-) dpkg -l mawk
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Rev Description
+++-============-=========-====-===============================================
ii mawk 1.2.1 1 mawk - pattern scanning and text processing lan
{2}[0]/usr/src/linux-1.3.57 perv:-) make dep
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-1.3.57/arch/i386/boot'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `dep'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-1.3.57/arch/i386/boot'
rm -f .hdepend
awk -f scripts/depend.awk `find /usr/src/linux-1.3.57/include -name \*.h ! -name modversions.h -print` > ..hdepend
awk: cannot open linux/config.h (No such file or directory)
awk: cannot open stdarg.h (No such file or directory)
awk: cannot open /usr/src/linux-1.3.57/include/stdarg.h (No such file or directory)
awk: cannot open linux/linkage.h (No such file or directory)
awk: cannot open asm/param.h (No such file or directory)
awk: cannot open linux/binfmts.h (No such file or directory)
awk: cannot open linux/personality.h (No such file or directory)
awk: cannot open linux/tasks.h (No such file or directory)
[ad infinitum]
awk: cannot open linux/udp.h (No such file or directory)
awk: cannot open asm/mmu.h (No such file or directory)
awk: cannot open /usr/src/linux-1.3.57/include/asm/mmu.h (No such file or directory)
mv ..hdepend .hdepend
make[1]: *** [fastdep] Interrupt
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-1.3.57/kernel'
make: *** [dep-files] Error 2
{2}[2]/usr/src/linux-1.3.57 perv:-) exit
Using gawk works just fine...
Darren
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