Ralf Wildenhues wrote: ... >> That fall-back code relies on gawk, sed and /bin/sh, >> so you might try with a different shell, e.g., bash vs. dash, >> or inserting "| tee /tmp/log " into the pipeline to see if >> the damage is already done before the eval'd "sed" code runs. > > I can reproduce this when awk is mawk. The following patch fixes > the failure, the portability issue is documented in the gawk manual. > > OK to apply? > > Thanks, > Ralf > > Fix unportable awk script in vc-list-files. > > * build-aux/vc-list-files: In the replacement awk script, use > substr with a second argument of 1, not zero. > Report by Simon Josefsson.
Sure. Thanks, Ralf!
