Fork#39246: Please update MSYS awk; current awk-3.1.7 implementation is too old to remain
viable
Open Date: 2019-05-17 07:44
Last Update: 2020-12-08 07:30
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Last Changes/Comment on this Ticket:
2020-12-08 07:30 Updated by: wdlkmpx
Comment:
I recently installed mingw and found an old version of awk. Do you guys accept
binaries?
gawk 5.1.0
This works for me, I was able to compile a package that requires a recent awk
version https://github.com/mbuilov/gawk-windows/releases/tag/06102020
This is for Windows XP and later https://github.com/mbuilov/gawk-windows/
releases/download/06102020/mingworg_gcc_32_rel_c.zip
It's just a matter of packaging that binary and make it available to users.
I works without Msys.
Comment:
I recently installed mingw and found an old version of awk. Do you guys accept
binaries?
gawk 5.1.0
This works for me, I was able to compile a package that requires a recent awk
version https://github.com/mbuilov/gawk-windows/releases/tag/06102020
This is for Windows XP and later https://github.com/mbuilov/gawk-windows/
releases/download/06102020/mingworg_gcc_32_rel_c.zip
It's just a matter of packaging that binary and make it available to users.
I works without Msys.
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Ticket Status:
Reporter: keith
Owner: cstrauss
Type: Feature Request
Status: Open [Owner assigned]
Priority: 5 - Medium
MileStone: (None)
Component: MSYS
Severity: 5 - Medium
Resolution: None
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Ticket details:
While developing this Mercurial Queues emulation for Git, which will be
required to support git integration for this proposed MinGW package builder
tool, I've run into a problem with the MSYS implementation of awk. On my LMDE
system, I have awk-4.0.1, and I've written an emulator for "git qselect
--series", (which I've yet to publish to the git-mq chamber). This used gawk's
"asorti()" function, with a custom sort-comparator function, to present the
output in lexically sorted order; it works fine in awk-4.0.1, but fails on
MSYS, which offers only awk-3.1.7; (the "asorti()" function appears to be
supported, but the custom comparator function reference parameter is rejected).
I've since reworked my "git qselect --series" emulation, using my own "qsort()"
function implementation, instead of gawk's "asorti()" function. This makes the
entire emulation significantly more portable, but it may still make sense to
upgrade the MSYS implementation of awk, such that it will support more modern
gawk features.
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