21713 2003-05-26 11:22 0000 GNU Awk 3.1.2 bug with multiline records 2003-06-23 16:20:37 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Core system unspecified All All RESOLVED FIXED P2 major --- 1 j+gentoo@salmi.ch lostlogic@gentoo.org azarah@gentoo.org j+gentoo@salmi.ch 2003-05-26 11:22:32 0000 GNU Awk 3.1.2 has problems when parsing multiline records. see "Steps to Reproduce" for details. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: $ od -c data 0000000 a \n \n b \n \n c \n 0000010 $ cat pr.awk BEGIN { RS = "" } { printf("%d: %s\n", NR, $0) } END { print NR } $ cat data | awk -f pr.awk 1: a 2: b 2 Actual Results: the last record (#3, containing 'c') is not printed Expected Results: record #3 should be printed... i sent a bug report regarding this problem to bug-gawk@gnu.org. stepan kasal sent me a patch which fixes the problem. it's available from http://www.math.cas.cz/~kasal/gawk/gawk-3.1.2-rsnull2d.patch.gz i'm not sure wether any of the core utilities depend on multiline records or not, so i file this report with severity "major". j+gentoo@salmi.ch 2003-05-27 09:08:08 0000 arnold robbins - the maintainer and developer of gnu awk - said (regarding the multiline records problem): "This bug is only in 3.1.2, it is a bug. For now, the solution is to move back to 3.1.1. I am working on 3.1.3 and hope to release it "soon", which will fix the problem." lostlogic@gentoo.org 2003-05-31 22:47:28 0000 Az: think we should back down the stable version and wait for 3.1.3? j+gentoo@salmi.ch 2003-06-01 09:49:33 0000 yes. lostlogic@gentoo.org 2003-06-08 15:53:42 0000 marked unstable. Will wait for 3.1.3 for a new stable gawk. j+gentoo@salmi.ch 2003-06-23 01:22:00 0000 And now it's marked stable again, still containing the bug... ??? azarah@gentoo.org 2003-06-23 13:14:45 0000 Apply patch or mask again ? Maybe do a new revision of 3.1.1 afterwards ? j+gentoo@salmi.ch 2003-06-23 14:32:40 0000 I'd mask it again, because of Arnold Robbins statement. But I'm not sure if no other packages depend on functionality added to Awk between 3.1.1 and 3.1.2... azarah@gentoo.org 2003-06-23 16:20:37 0000 Nope, latest revision 3.1.1 have filefuncs.so in.