s390-tools: lsdasd fails

[Nelson Ducote]

Subject: s390-tools: lsdasd fails
Package: s390-tools
Version: 1.5.3-1
Severity: normal

*** Please type your report below this line ***
lsdasd command fails with error:
awk: not an option: --posix

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: s390
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-s390
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages s390-tools depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libsysfs2 2.1.0-1 interface library to sysfs

s390-tools recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

[Frans Pop]

Post by Nelson Ducote
Subject: s390-tools: lsdasd fails
Package: s390-tools
Version: 1.5.3-1
Severity: normal

Looks like you intended to file this as a bug report, but your message was
sent to d-***@lists.d.o instead of ***@bugs.d.o, so the bug report
was never registered as such.

Please do resend your message to the correct address with the information
below included.

Post by Nelson Ducote
awk: not an option: --posix

There are two variants of awk: mawk and gawk. The first is installed on
all systems (priority required), the second is not (optional) but is
preferred by the alternatives system (see 'man update-alternatives') if
both are installed.

Looks like the --posix option is only supported by gawk.

So, a workaround would be to install gawk.

To actually fix the bug, either lsdasd will have to be changed to only use
options understood by both variants of awk, or to depend on gawk.

Cheers,
FJP

[f***@br.ibm.com]

Nelson,

You need install gawk package.

apt-get install gawk


Regards,



Fernando Gieseler
_________________________________________
Technical Sales Specialist for System z
- Linux and z/VM -
IBM Brasil
fone: [phone]
cel: [phone]
fax: [phone]
ITN: 5 759-5848
T/L: 759-5848
***@br.ibm.com




From:
Nelson Ducote <***@bellsouth.net>
To:
debian-***@lists.debian.org
Date:
23/12/2008 03:30
Subject:
s390-tools: lsdasd fails



Subject: s390-tools: lsdasd fails
Package: s390-tools
Version: 1.5.3-1
Severity: normal

*** Please type your report below this line ***
lsdasd command fails with error:
awk: not an option: --posix

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: s390
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-s390
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages s390-tools depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7 GNU C Library: Shared
libraries
ii libsysfs2 2.1.0-1 interface library to sysfs

s390-tools recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information