Bug#200670: Acknowledgement (gcc-2.95: should specify real package providing "awk" in Build-Depends)

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Subject: Bug#200670: Acknowledgement (gcc-2.95: should specify real package providing "awk" in Build-Depends)
From: Branden Robinson <branden@progeny.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 15:21:53 -0500
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Reply-to: Branden Robinson <branden@progeny.com>, 200670@bugs.debian.org
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References: <[🔎] 20030709201426.94F481E@zuul.progeny.com> <handler.200670.B.105778172918479.ack@bugs.debian.org>

Come to think of it, does gcc-2.95 need to depend on an Essential
package at all?

awk is in the weird position of being a virtual Essential package,
thanks to mawk.

If gawk specifically is needed, then gawk is what should B-Ded on.

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