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Re: autotest buglet/AIX awk limitation


From: Ralf Wildenhues
Subject: Re: autotest buglet/AIX awk limitation
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 19:56:05 +0200
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Hi Stepan,

* Stepan Kasal wrote on Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 09:32:49AM CEST:
> On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 07:01:24PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> 
> > |  awk: The string or regular expression beginning with
> > |         the characters " banner-1 " cannot contain more than 399 bytes.
> ..
> > Also note the different error message (quoted in my last messages).
> 
> OK, I commited the patch attached to this message.
> Hopefully it fixes it.

Yes, it does.  Thank you!

Cheers,
Ralf

> 2005-06-04  Stepan Kasal  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): AIX awk cannot
>         swallow literals longer than 399.  Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
>       * lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Pass $at_groups though stdin,
>         to workaround this limitation.




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