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

To: "Michael Abd-El-Malek" <mabdelmalek@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] linux-2.6.18-xen.hg: check that awk supports 'gensub' command
From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:54:18 +0100
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>>> 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?

Jan


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