Re: mawk gawk nawk awk

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "John" == John Poltorak <address@hidden> writes:

John> I have just re-installed Autoconf v2.50 without GAWK on the PATH
John> and no AWK variable set. When attempting to build SED, autoconf
John> complains with:-

Why do you need Autoconf to build Sed?

John> autoconf.[753]: gawk: not found

sh -x autoconf

John> I'm not not hot when it comes to shell scripts, but this where
John> AWK seems to be evaluated:-

 
John> # Variables.  :
John> ${autoconf_dir=${AC_MACRODIR=u:/usr/local/share/autoconf}} test
John> -z "$AC_ACLOCALDIR" && AC_ACLOCALDIR=`(aclocal --print-ac-dir)
John> 2>/dev/null` : ${AWK=gawk} debug=false

Well, when Autoconf was installed, gawk was visible in the PATH, and
your path no longer sees it.  I guess.