RFC gawk update

[Eirik Nygaard]

On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 10:43:19PM -0800, Chris Pressey wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 21:47:40 +0000
> skrueger at xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > hi folks,
> > 
> > I've "imported" gawk-3.1.3, you can find all files on
> > http://tecneeq.dyndns.org/~cosmicdj/DragonFly/
> > 
> > contrib_gawk-3.1.3.tar.bz2 goes into /usr/src/contrib
> > gnu_usr.bin_gawk.tar.bz2 goes into /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin
> > 
> > gnu_usr.bin_Makefile.patch.bz2 is for /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/Makefile
> > not needed right now unless you want to buildworld!!!
> > 
> > sadly gawk's info doesn't work with our (aged) texinfo, so the build
> > will fail in gawk/doc :-(
> > 
> > I plan to update texinfo tomorow if no one objects
> > 
> > comments? objections? flames? ;-)
> 
> We could really use an official statement/HOWTO of the preferred method
> for putting contrib/gnu/vendor branches in the tree... stated on the
> webpage or somewhere... I know it involves putting the contrib in
> verbatim, and using patches to generate the DFly-specific version before
> the build, but I don't know the mechanics yet.
> 
I am working on improvents in the build system so applying pachtes is made
easier. They way it has been done so far is to much work in my opinion.
The patches will end up on the list as soon as they are done.

-- 
Eirik Nygaard
eirikn at xxxxxxxxxxxx    Never let a computer know you're in a hurry.
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