On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:49 PM, David Engster <deng_AT_randomsample.de> wrote:
> Kris Maglione writes:
>> I'm releasing wmii 3.9.1, mainly to deal with bugs which have cropped
>> up in the latest glibc and dash releases, breaking wmiir and wmiirc
>> respectively.
>
> Thank you.
>
> I noticed a problem on a machine at work running Ubuntu, essentially due
> to this construction in the event loop:
>
> wmiir read /event | awk '/./ { print; fflush() } END { print "" }'
>
> It seems Ubuntu installs 'mawk' for providing 'awk', which by default
> buffers its input, so the above won't do anything. Ubuntu users will
> have to install 'original-awk' and symlink/rename that to awk, or - even
> worse - use some obscure '-W interactive' option from mawk in the above
> line.
This is so sad, mawk is a disgrace, and there is no lack of much
better alternatives (like the *real* awk by BWK).
One more reason to stick with 9base/p9p and avoid the lunix luserspace
like the plague.
uriel
> Please don't flame me, I'm just the messenger...
>
> -David
>
>
>
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