I need a clarification because I am confused. If I have a script that uses awk do I need the package to "Depends: awk"? Or is awk like basename where we are able to assume it is on the system without any explicit dependencies?
I see that many packages do "Depends: awk". But awk is an alternative and mawk is "Priority: required" so I would not think so. But gawk provides awk and is "Priority: optional" but with a higher alternative priority too and so that "required" mawk is almost never used. (I always install gawk as awk for its better features.) If the package used gawk specific features then the decision would be easy. It would need to depend upon gawk. But it only uses basic awk features and so any of the alternatives is sufficient. Thanks for you knowledge in this. Bob
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