Please update mawk to latest upstream release
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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mawk (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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mawk (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
mawk in Ubuntu is 18 years old and very buggy (see https:/
Almost all bugs, reported in Ubuntu and Debian are fixed in 1.3.4-nnnn upstream releases, see http://
Please update mawk to latest upstream release - all the other major distributions (Fedora/Redhat, Suse, even FreeBSD) have switched to mawk 1.3.4-2014nnnn. Five years since the bug asking to upload new mawk in Debian didn't change anything, so, I'm reporting bug in Ubuntu - sticking to 1.3.3 is now causing headeach to lots of people rather than saving from regressions, see for example bug #1005077 :(
Please, update mawk package before major Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release.
Changed in mawk (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → New |
summary: |
- Please update mawk to latest upstream release + Please update mawk to latest upstream release - mawk in Ubuntu is 16 + years old! |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- Please update mawk to latest upstream release - mawk in Ubuntu is 16 + Please update mawk to latest upstream release - mawk in Ubuntu is 18 years old! |
tags: | added: trusty wily xenial |
Changed in mawk (Debian): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in mawk (Debian): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.