Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] linux-2.6.18-xen.hg: check that awk supports 'gensub' command

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/10/07 08:54, "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>>> Michael Abd-El-Malek <mabdelmalek@xxxxxxx> 10.10.07 04:53 >>>
>> The linux-2.6.18-xen.hg/scripts/Makefile.xen.awk script depends on the
>> GNU AWK-specific function "gensub".  If another awk is used (e.g.,
>> Debian installs mawk by default), the lack of gensub trickles down to
>> cause the -xen.c files to not be compiled.  This was time-consuming to
>> track.  So we should check that the awk program supports 'gensub'.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Abd-El-Malek <mabdelmalek@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Hmm, this seems odd: If I try to use an arbitrary function (with gawk) , I get
> a
> failure, which should prevent make from continuing the build. Are you saying
> this isn't happening for you? Have you determined why?

The implication seems to be that other awk implementations (most likely mawk
in this case) silently continue.

 -- Keir



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