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[PATCH] gnu: gawk: Add search-paths.

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From: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
To: 73943 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
Subject: [bug#73943] [PATCH] gnu: gawk: Add search-paths.
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:32:56 +0300

* gnu/packages/gawk.scm (gawk)[search-paths]: New field.

Change-Id: Idbf2709b793ebd58e1aae8d07698e1f3e816babd
---

As seen here¹, this allows loading either source or compiled modules to
provide more functions in gawk.

¹ https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/AWKLIBPATH-Variable.html

 gnu/packages/gawk.scm | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/gawk.scm b/gnu/packages/gawk.scm
index cea58bd415c..6a77a692f5a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gawk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gawk.scm
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ (define-public gawk
                  ;; sometimes fail non-deterministically.
                  bash))
 
+   (search-paths
+    (list (search-path-specification
+           (variable "AWKPATH")
+           (files (list "share/awk")))
+          (search-path-specification
+           (variable "AWKLIBPATH")
+           (files (list "lib/gawk")))))
    (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/")
    (synopsis "Text scanning and processing language")
    (description

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