On Sun, 2009-05-10 at 22:25 +0300, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > So, if you have access to the latest RHEL/SLES, or Debian / Ubuntu / > Gentoo / whatever, would you mind running > > $ gawk 'END {switch(NR) {default: print NR}}' /dev/null > > (or anything with switch that you fancy) and see if it barfs with a > syntax error message or dutifully does what it is supposed to do?
$ gawk 'END {switch(NR) {default: print NR}}' /dev/null gawk: END {switch(NR) {default: print NR}} gawk: ^ syntax error System: $ uname -a Linux c2 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Thu Mar 26 01:08:11 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux $ cat /etc/debian_version 5.0.1 (this is Debian Lenny) $ gawk --version GNU Awk 3.1.5 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991-2005 Free Software Foundation. $ dpkg -l | egrep gawk ii gawk 1:3.1.5.dfsg-4.1 -- "Kosher" Cellphones (cellphones with blocked SMS, video and Internet) are menace to the deaf. They must be outlawed! (See also: http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/2006/04/21/the-grave-danger-to-the-deaf-from-kosher-cellphones/) My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il