Bug in GAWK 4.0.0, an update needed in openSUSE 12.1

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#1

Hi,

There is a bug in GAWK 4.0.0 which prevents many of my scripts to run correctly. (The bug affects the ability of GAWK to skip a header in a text file via using getline in the BEGIN section.) The bug has already been reported and fixed, see e.g. Re: [bug-gawk] getline change of behavior in 4.0.0 . It would make my life much easier if openSUSE 12.1 updated the gawk-4.0.0-*.rpm package in the repository. I know that typically only security holes are fixed via online updates, but this bug is so bad that it should also be fixed via online updates. What can I do to make it happen?

Regards,
Alex

#2

It is available in several projects and in factory (4.0.1). Maybe one of those will work for you.
https://build.opensuse.org/search/search?search_text=gawk&commit=Search&project=1&package=1&name=1&attribute=&advanced=on&issue_tracker=bnc+(Novell+Bugzilla)&issue_name=

Otherwise you can still patch it and build it yourself - I mean create you own repo in OBS and install from there. That’s what I would do.

#3

That’s not really true. The policy is this: openSUSE:Maintenance policy - openSUSE and it’s quite open.

Yeah, well… all bugs are soooooo bad when they affect us.

Just report the bug in https://bugzilla.novell.com/ and convince the packager the bug is important enough to make him expend some time releasing an update for 12.1. (Hint: There are a few million users of openSUSE, If let’s say… fifty people would report the bug a patch would be released for sure)

#4

Thanks for the reply. Finally, I’ve used gawk-4.0.1-1.4.x86_64.rpm from the Factory.

#5

On 2012-05-22 11:46, amalusek wrote:
> What can I do to make it
> happen?

Report in Bugzilla, of course.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

#6

This one may silently corrupt user’s data. Crashing programs are also bad, but at least you know that something is wrong.

OK. I’ve reported the bug: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=763437