I installed xenial on a power8 system, using the kernel from -proposed. Gawk was 1:4.1.3+dfsg-0.1, I did not see any crashes or core dumps upon login?
ubuntu@modoc:~/fwts$ apt-cache policy gawk gawk: Installed: 1:4.1.3+dfsg-0.1 Candidate: 1:4.1.3+dfsg-0.1 Version table: *** 1:4.1.3+dfsg-0.1 500 500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial/main ppc64el Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ubuntu@modoc:~/fwts$ ** Attachment added: "P8 FWTS Build log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gawk/+bug/1838014/+attachment/5280351/+files/buildlogmodoc.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1838014 Title: random segfaults in gawk on ppc64el xenial, gawk 1:4.1.3+dfsg-0.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gawk/+bug/1838014/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs