Bug#34652: PROPOSAL] Policy is not clear about nawk.

To: J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk, 34652@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#34652: PROPOSAL] Policy is not clear about nawk.
From: Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 20:24:31 +0200 (CEST)
Message-id: <E10oAG7-0001oc-00@night>
Reply-to: Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>, 34652@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <E10o6Ho-00013G-00@polya> from Julian Gilbey at "May 30, 1999 03:10:00 pm"

Julian Gilbey wrote:
> Does anyone expect there to be a nawk program?  If so, this suggestion
> is moot.  If not, we can probably just do away with it.

Debian currently has five nawk scripts:

/usr/sbin/mk-accessdb and /usr/sbin/mk-relaydb in sharc
/usr/doc/texmf/mkhtml.nawk in tetex-base
/usr/doc/vim-rt/examples/tools/mve.awk in vim-rt
/usr/bin/zone-file-check in zone-file-check

I see no reason to refrain from keeping the nawk link around.
I also don't think this is a matter of policy; it should be up to
the awk package maintainers.

Richard Braakman

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