GNU bug report logs - #8532
FAIL: cp/sparse-fiemap

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Message #8 received at 8532 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: dclarke <at> blastwave.org
Cc: 8532 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8532: FAIL: cp/sparse-fiemap
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:49:00 +0200

Dennis Clarke wrote:
> FAIL: cp/sparse-fiemap
...
> + awk '/^ *[0-9]/ {printf "%d %d ", $2 ,NF < 5 ? $NF : $5 } END {print ""}'
> awk: cmd. line:1: /^ *[0-9]/ {printf "%d %d ", $2 ,NF < 5 ? $NF : $5 } END
> {print ""}
> awk: cmd. line:1:                                     ^ syntax error
> + sed 's/ [a-z,][a-z,]*$//' ff1

Thank you for the report.
What awk program and version are you using?
I.e., awk --version might help.
Also, what distribution are you using?

BTW, that syntax works for me using the latest gawk with or without -W compat,
and with the mawk and nawk programs from debian unstable.

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