Re: gawk-3.1.5 bug exposed by gettext testsuite

[Aharon Robbins]

> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:06:17 +0100
> From: Matthew Burgess <address@hidden>
> Subject: gawk-3.1.5 bug exposed by gettext testsuite
> To: address@hidden
>
> Hi Aharon,
>
> I originally posted this to bug-gnu-utils as I thought the bug-gawk list 
> was dead (there aren't any public archives of it available at 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/). 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2005-08/msg00061.html 
> has the original bug report and the reply to it has a quick-fix, though 
> I'm guessing that some `configure' script hackery will be required to 
> correctly fix things up.

I have to try this out myself and see what the problem is. I think the fixes
posted earlier (if this is the same bug) are band-aids, and are not the
right solution, but haven't had time to do dedicated gawk work for a while.

> Do you have any timescales for the release of gawk-3.1.6?  I know the 
> usual open source response of "it's done when it's done" is more than 
> likely :)

When it's done it's done.

In other words, no time frame. I'd like to get a patch release out sooner
rather than later, but I may as well let the dust from 3.1.5 settle a little
bit more.  I still have several things to look at.

Arnold