I've been performing testing of new versions of the Boot Info Script for it's developers and received the following input:
"mawk (default in Debian/Ubuntu) doesn't work for some of the new code: - can't extract embedded grub4dos config file - calculates wrong values for GiB/GB stuff (filefrag -v)" It sounds like we can work around this using gawk but it was suggested that we might consider this newer version of mawk for Natty: http://invisible-island.net/mawk/ Is something like that possible? One of the developers of the Boot Info Script has confirmed that, "This mawk version, don't seem to have a problem with my current code". You can read info about the Boot Info Script here: http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/ It's proven to be an invaluable tool in diagnosing boot problems, particularly since the introduction of grub 2. There is no indication ATM that Debian is headed in that direction: http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mawk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/69724 Title: Mawk does not support Posix character classes in expressions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
