Bug 25119 – app-admin/gentoolkit-0.1.30 has syntax errors in /usr/share/gentoolkit/histogram.awk

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Portage Development

[Description Georgi Georgiev 2003-07-23 07:33:52 UTC]

package : gentoolkit-0.1.30:
Problem : runinng gentool-total-coverage gives the following error:

chutz@lion chutz $ gentool-total-coverage 
awk: /usr/share/gentoolkit/histogram.awk:14: }
awk: /usr/share/gentoolkit/histogram.awk:14:  ^ invalid char '' in expression
xargs: egrep: terminated by signal 13

Solution:

echo >> /usr/share/gentoolkit/histogram.awk

Seems that the problem is the file lacking a newline at the end. gawk version
installed is 3.1.3.

[Comment 1 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) 2003-07-23 14:25:48 UTC]

I don't see this error output.

gentoolkit-0.1.30
gawk-3.1.3

Can you try remerging gentoolkit and see if the problem is still there?

Also, please verify that you are in fact running gawk by doing: which awk

Thanks.

[Comment 2 Georgi Georgiev 2003-07-23 17:21:16 UTC]

I did reemerge gentoolkit a few times already.
I did again right now.
Yes, the problem is there again.

chutz@lion chutz $ gentool-total-coverage 
awk: /usr/share/gentoolkit/histogram.awk:14: }
awk: /usr/share/gentoolkit/histogram.awk:14:  ^ invalid char '' in expression
xargs: egrep: terminated by signal 13
chutz@lion chutz $ which awk
/bin/awk
chutz@lion chutz $ qpkg -f /bin/awk
sys-apps/gawk *

[Comment 3 Georgi Georgiev 2003-11-19 06:36:33 UTC]

I am just going over bugs I've reported.

The problem still exists in gentoolkit-0.1.35 and gawk-3.1.3

/bin/gawk-3.1.3 -f /usr/share/gentoolkit/histogram.awk
gawk-3.1.3: /usr/share/gentoolkit/histogram.awk:14: }
gawk-3.1.3: /usr/share/gentoolkit/histogram.awk:14:  ^ invalid char '' in expression

As I mentioned in the very beginning, the problem is solved with a simple "echo >> /usr/share/gentoolkit/histogram.awk"

[Comment 4 Georgi Georgiev 2003-12-17 21:40:58 UTC]

OK, more insight....

the bug only appears on the following systems:

2.4.23-yel-1 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
CFLAGS='-march=athlon -O3 -pipe'

2.4.23-x1 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 1800+
CFLAGS='-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer'

It does not appear on:

2.4.22-s3 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.20GHz
CFLAGS='-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer'

2.4.22-whi-2 Pentium III (Coppermine)
CFLAGS='-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe'

Can some other athlon user possibly confirm this?
This is with gawk-3.1.3 and gentoolkit-0.1.37 at the moment.

[Comment 5 Georgi Georgiev 2004-07-28 00:06:44 UTC]

Since the script in question seems to have been retired, possibly the bug should be marked as.... what? "WONTFIX", "INVALID", "FIXED"?

gawk still has the problem on certain machines but I doubt it will pop-up anytime soon.

[Comment 6 SpanKY 2004-08-02 19:54:25 UTC]

file is no longer used