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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Hello and some general questions
From: "naturalwatt" <>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:41:57 -0000
--- In  "j.chitte" <> wrote:

> One devious bug I found in the busybox version that is the base of TSlinux it 
> the broken awk. Since awk is pretty fundamental to a lot of linux scripts 
> this can be a lead to subtle errors.
> 
> Simply adding a real version of awk (like debian mawk) does not work since BB 
> is already loaded and responds to calls to awk. One of the TS guys came up 
> with a good way to stop BB being awk-ward: using dd to blow a hole in the 
> list of commands it emulates:
> 
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/message/11192
> >> cp /bin/busybox /x; dd if=/dev/zero of=/x bs=1 seek=431248 count=1
> >> conv=notrunc; mv /x /bin/busybox
> 
> 

Is that really necessary? Can't you just remove the link /usr/bin/awk -> 
/../../bin/busybox and copy a 'real' awk to /usr/bin?

I agree you need to modify/patch busybox if you call it as busybox awk.

I use cut when the busybox awk doesn't work.


Martin



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