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diff --git a/README_d/README.bootstrap b/README_d/README.bootstrap new file mode 100644 index 00000000..152bbefa --- /dev/null +++ b/README_d/README.bootstrap @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +Tue Dec 6 21:33:19 IST 2011 +============================ + +As documented in the mail below, if you are using a system without any +version of awk installed, you will have bootstrapping problems (i.e., running +configure). The solution is to install mawk or Brian Kernighan's awk +first. + +Arnold Robbins +------------------------------------ +From: Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> +To: bug-gawk@gnu.org +Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:24:22 +0100 +Message-ID: <87r514faw9.fsf@latte.josefsson.org> +Subject: [bug-gawk] building gawk requires an awk? + +Hello, + +I was not able to build gawk 4.0.0 on a GNU/Hurd machine that didn't +have any awk, the ./configure script failed at the end: + +config.status: creating Makefile +./config.status: line 1169: awk: command not found +config.status: error: could not create Makefile + +Is this a known bootstrapping issue? Same happened for 3.1.8. I looked +in README but didn't find anything obvious. + +Btw, building 'mawk' first and then gawk 4.0.0 works. Running self +checks didn't work because there is no 'cmp' on the system either... + +/Simon |