Package: gawk Version: 1:3.1.7.dfsg-5 Severity: normal Hi,
Currently, mawk is priority required while gawk is priority optional. So mawk is installed by default while gawk isn't. However, if gawk is installed, it becomes the default awk because it has a higher alternatives priority than mawk. (The reason mawk has a lower priority, according to its changelog, is that mawk is unmaintained upstream and has bugs.) I think this is inconsistent. If gawk is the default awk, then gawk should have priority required and mawk optional. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages gawk depends on: ii libc6 2.11.1-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib gawk recommends no packages. gawk suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
