Ubuntu
mawk package

  1. Bug #69724
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 69724

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Erick Brunzell (lbsolost) wrote :

I've been performing testing of new versions of the Boot Info Script for it's developers and received the following input:

"mawk (default in Debian/Ubuntu) doesn't work for some of the new code:
- can't extract embedded grub4dos config file
- calculates wrong values for GiB/GB stuff (filefrag -v)"

It sounds like we can work around this using gawk but it was suggested that we might consider this newer version of mawk for Natty:

http://invisible-island.net/mawk/

Is something like that possible?

One of the developers of the Boot Info Script has confirmed that, "This mawk version, don't seem to have a problem with my current code". You can read info about the Boot Info Script here:

http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/

It's proven to be an invaluable tool in diagnosing boot problems, particularly since the introduction of grub 2.

There is no indication ATM that Debian is headed in that direction:

http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mawk