Re: make zsh falls over (fwd)

[mason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Geoff Wing)]

Andrew Main <zefram@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Giles Constant <giles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
:>I'm had this trouble installing zsh here.  This was compiled on an
:>ultrasparc running Solaris 5.5.
:>nawk -f ./makepro.awk init.c Src >init.pro
:>nawk: syntax error at source line 94
:> context is
:>	 >>> 	sub(/= <<< .*$/, "", dcltor)
:>nawk: illegal statement at source line 94
:Blech.  It looks legal to me.

Ummm, how?  None of the versions I have have makepro.awk .  What version is
this from?  Have I been asleep and this has suddenly appeared?

:>is this my version of nawk being crap?
:Maybe.  Try mawk or gawk -- both of them handle the script fine.  Also,
:please send a bug report to <zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- there will
:be some awk experts there that can fix the script.

Please send us the script first :-)
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