On 15-May-2000 w trillich wrote:
> "Karl M. Hegbloom" wrote:
>> `dpkg-awk' works pretty good, and so does `apt-cache', for finding
>> things. I also like to use the web search interface at
>> www.debian.org, under the Packages clicker.
>
> i'm using frozen (potato), all updated, upgraded and dist-upgraded
> (not necessarily in that order) as of may 15:
>
># dpkg-awk
> gawk: /usr/lib/awk/getlong.awk:51: if (match(argv[c], /=.*$/)){
> gawk: /usr/lib/awk/getlong.awk:51: ^ parse error
> gawk: /usr/lib/awk/getlong.awk:51: if (match(argv[c], /=.*$/)){
> gawk: /usr/lib/awk/getlong.awk:51: ^
> unterminated regexp
> gawk: /usr/lib/awk/getlong.awk:53: sub(/^.*=/, "", argv[c])
> gawk: /usr/lib/awk/getlong.awk:53: ^
> unexpected newline
> [454 lines total, snip]
>
when in doubt, <package>@packages.debian.org works, so mail
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask the maintainer (who by the way is the
author in this case).
