[Bug 645082] Re: bacula misses requirement of gawk

[Serge Hallyn]

Quoting Fred Baumgarten (645082 at bugs.launchpad.net):
> Is the fix really that simple ?
> 
> Actually make_catalog_backup_awk holds the first line:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/gawk -f
> 
> which is obviously correct. Durung the bacula call mawk got involved (it
> was a server installation). I guess the callee does a command like "awk
> -f /etc/bacula/scripts/make_catalog_backup_awk" which is even wrong if
> mawk has precendence over gawk by using /etc/alternatives/awk. I guess
> you need to inspect a bit deeper.

I'm not convinced this matters.  If mawk /etc/alternatives/awk points to
mawk, then mawk is installed.  If mawk is not installed, then 'awk' will
run gawk, since we are depending on gawk being installed.

> there the /usr/bin/awk needs to be changed to /usr/bin/gawk as well.

Again, not convinced.

** Changed in: bacula (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) => (unassigned)

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bacula misses requirement of gawk
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/645082
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