On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM Simon Josefsson via Gnulib discussion list <bug-gnulib@gnu.org> wrote: > > I got a CI/CD build failure [1] for libidn on the new release fedora 42. > > checking that generated files are newer than configure... done > configure: creating ./config.status > config.status: creating csharpcomp.sh > ./config.status: line 2711: awk: command not found > config.status: error: could not create csharpcomp.sh > > This is building from a "make dist" tarball and not from git, so the > installed dependencies are minimal: > > dnf -y install make gcc diffutils valgrind > > This used to work fine with Fedora 41. But Fedora 42 doesn't have awk > by default any more: > > jas@kaka:~$ podman run -it --rm fedora:41 > [root@0a7731017978 /]# awk --version|head -1 > GNU Awk 5.3.0, API 4.0, PMA Avon 8-g1, (GNU MPFR 4.2.1, GNU MP 6.3.0) > [root@0a7731017978 /]# > exit > jas@kaka:~$ podman run -it --rm fedora:42 > [root@8e2093893358 /]# awk --version > bash: awk: command not found > [root@8e2093893358 /]#
Awk is a standard Posix utility: <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/idx/utilities.html>. I would call it a Fedora 42 bug. Jeff
