--- 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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