Hi Robie, In terms of gawk being included by default on certain Ubuntu installs, this is a bug to be aware of that can impact upgrades:
https://bugs.debian.org/932752 I think I've looked at the byobu gawk dependency at least once before and unfortunately the awk usage in /usr/bin/byobu-select-profile is not compatible with mawk per <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/byobu/+bug/1166416>. On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 03:06:17PM +0000, Robie Basak wrote: > [also CCing ubuntu-server@ as server people might also want this as a > PSA] > > I just noticed something. mawk is Required, so provides the usual > implementation of awk on Ubuntu. However, byobu depends on gawk, and > byobu is seeded on server (and cloud images). gawk also provides the awk > update-alternative at a higher priority than mawk. So gawk is > effectively the default awk implementation on Ubuntu Server. > > I suspect that this happened a long time ago, and is an accident. I > don't like the inconsistency as it could lead to surprising behaviour. > > However I'm not sure if it's worth making consistent, as this might > break people who depend on some specific behaviour on release upgrade. > > So I'm not suggesting we do anything about it now, but I thought I'd > leave this note in case anyone finds themselves puzzled by this in the > future. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer https://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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