[lug] FYI: Ubuntu awk no longer gawk-compatible

Jed S. Baer blug at jbaer.cotse.net
Mon Feb 8 10:40:49 MST 2021


On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 10:35:23 -0700
Zan Lynx wrote:

> Debian and Ubuntu don't seem to change the tools you already have 
> installed, unless the package has been completely removed for some reason.
> 
> But then they can surprise you on a clean install.

Indeed! David is on 18.04, I'm on 20.04, and I did do a clean install. I
don't know what would happen on a dist-upgrade.

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