Andras Farkas [deepbluemist...@gmail.com] wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 3:45 PM Frederic Cambus <f...@statdns.com> wrote: > > Hi tech@, > > Here is a diff to fix a segmentation fault in awk, from upstream > > version 20121220 [1]. Upstream fix didn't check for strdup return value > > so I added the check. > I've always been curious, why isn't the latest version of awk, the > 2012 version, used in OpenBSD? There may be a reason, but I've never > been able to figure it out.
Ironically the last update was in 2011. Todd Miller has been keeping it up-to- date until that point. It'd make sense for someone to analyze the local changes and import the newer version. The only reason seems to be that the work needs to be done. Importing the fix is a good first step. Chris
