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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index bbf2fc7e..b2c675fc 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -35156,10 +35156,8 @@ repository in a directory named @file{bwkawk}. If you leave that argument off the @command{git} command line, the repository copy is created in a directory named @file{awk}. -This version requires an ISO C (1990 standard) compiler; -the C compiler from -GCC (the GNU Compiler Collection) -works quite nicely. +This version requires an ISO C (1990 standard) compiler; the C compiler +from GCC (the GNU Compiler Collection) works quite nicely. @xref{Common Extensions}, for a list of extensions in this @command{awk} that are not in POSIX @command{awk}. @@ -35240,15 +35238,22 @@ information, see the @uref{http://busybox.net, project's home page}. @cindex source code, Solaris @command{awk} @item The OpenSolaris POSIX @command{awk} The version of @command{awk} in @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} on Solaris is -more-or-less -POSIX-compliant. It is based on the @command{awk} from Mortice Kern -Systems for PCs. The source code can be downloaded from -the @uref{http://www.opensolaris.org, OpenSolaris web site}. +more-or-less POSIX-compliant. It is based on the @command{awk} from +Mortice Kern Systems for PCs. This author was able to make it compile and work under GNU/Linux with 1--2 hours of work. Making it more generally portable (using GNU Autoconf and/or Automake) would take more work, and this has not been done, at least to our knowledge. +@cindex Illumos +@cindex Illumos, POSIX-compliant @command{awk} +@cindex source code, Illumos @command{awk} +The source code used to be available from the OpenSolaris web site. +However, that project was ended and the web site shut down. Fortunately, the +@uref{http://wiki.illumos.org/display/illumos/illumos+Home, Illumos project} +makes this implementation available. You can view the files one at a time from +@uref{https://github.com/joyent/illumos-joyent/blob/master/usr/src/cmd/awk_xpg4}. + @cindex @command{jawk} @cindex Java implementation of @command{awk} @cindex source code, @command{jawk} @@ -35289,6 +35294,10 @@ under the GPL. It has a large number of extensions over standard See @uref{http://www.quiktrim.org/QTawk.html} for more information, including the manual and a download link. +@item Other Versions +See also the @uref{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awk_language#Versions_and_implementations, +Wikipedia article}, for information on additional versions. + @end table @c ENDOFRANGE gligawk @c ENDOFRANGE ingawk |