Because mawk is not POSIX compliant, cannot be updated safely without great risk of breaking things.
** Changed in: mawk (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1074404 Title: Segfault with mawk To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mawk/+bug/1074404/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs