Debian Bug report logs - #23344
FIXED in NMU [was: dpkg: README.compile says you need gawk]

Package: dpkg; Maintainer for dpkg is Dpkg Developers <debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org>; Source for dpkg is src:dpkg (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>

Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 15:18:01 UTC

Severity: fixed

Done: Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Forwarded to ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#23344; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>
To: Debian Bugs <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: dpkg: README.compile says you need gawk
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 17:14:54 +0200 (CEST)
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.22
Severity: wishlist

The file README.compile says that you need gawk to compile the package.
I have done a    grep gawk `find . -type f`

and the only occurrence (other than README.compile, of course :-) was
inside a C comment in lib/database.c, so it seems that gawk is not needed
anymore. Any awk will serve. Since awk is now "essential", this package
may be removed from the list of needed packages.

BTW: gettext is now in main, so the comment saying it's in experimental
may be already removed.

Thanks.

Changed bug title. Request was from James Troup <james@nocrew.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Severity set to `fixed'. Request was from jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Severity set to `fixed'. Request was from Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Noted your statement that bug has been forwarded to ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk. Request was from Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `dpkg-iwj'. Request was from Wichert Akkerman <wichert@soil.nl> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg-iwj' to `dpkg'. Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug closed, ack sent to submitter - they'd better know why ! Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `dpkg'. Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

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