Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!tuvie!vmars!hp From: hp@vmars.tuwien.ac.at (Peter Holzer) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: gawk ported to MINIX-386, c-news port in progress, & bug reports Message-ID: <2345@tuvie.UUCP> Date: 25 Feb 91 12:43:06 GMT References: <1991Feb11.164833.12179@dsuvax.uucp> Sender: news@tuvie.UUCP Lines: 25 ghelmer@dsuvax.uucp (Guy Helmer) writes: >I've been working on porting C-news to MINIX, and as part of the process >I've found that bawk couldn't handle the c-news awk scripts. So, I >grabbed gawk-2.11, replaced it's total dependence on floating point >with long integers, and tweaked a couple of things to get it to compile >under MINIX. Now, it works great -- does anyone want it, and if so ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yes! >should I post diffs or complete source? It should work under any Depends on how big the cdiffs are. If they are more than 25% of the whole source, or the source is small, you might as well post everything. Also, there are many people in Europe who have no or unreliable FTP access, these might be happier with the whole source than just the diffs. Regards, Peter. -- | _ | Peter J. Holzer | Think of it | | |_|_) | Technical University Vienna | as evolution | | | | | Dept. for Real-Time Systems | in action! | | __/ | hp@vmars.tuwien.ac.at | Tony Rand | Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com