gawk - GNU Awk (gawk) - pattern scanning and processing language HOWTO

ChangeLog


2024-02-12	- 4.0.0 -> 5.3.0
		- Home page URL http to https
		- Removed ancient checkinstall package instructions
		- Added link to AWK Wikipedia page
		- Added link to Git repository
		- Updated Slackware package versions list removing
		  everything older than 14.0, adding 14.0, .1, .2,
		  15.0
		- Removed md5sum and sha1sum verification, added
		  sha256sum
2011/07/05	- 3.1.6 -> 4.0.0
		- Updated Slackware note for 13.0, 13.1, and 13.37,
		  removed 12.0 and older
		- Use ftpmirror.gnu.org instead of ftp.gnu.org
		- Removed an old note about Slackware 8.0 and the bin package
2009/02/11	- 3.1.5 -> 3.1.6
		- Updated Slackware note for 11.0, 12.0, 12.1 and 12.2
		- Added clean up old files section at the bottom
Jan 6, 2006	- Updated Slackware note for 10.2
		- Run removepkg if it exists
Sep 9, 2005	- A few minor touchups
Aug 23, 2005	- 3.1.4 -> 3.1.5
		- Added instructions for creating a gawk package
Jul 28, 2005	- Added alternate download URL (ibiblio)
		- Added missing su and exit around the "Slackware 8.0 and
		  down" part
		- Uncommented the gpg-verification part, the key is in
		  the keyservers now
		- Rearranged options to shut up new version of find
		- Run chown -R root:root on the source directory if
		  $UID = 0
		- Added missing su under 'Become root to install it' - oops
May 10, 2005	- Updated notes for Slackware 10.1
		- Removed make, gcc, binutils, fileutils/coreutils links
		- Changed download URL from ftp to http
		- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not)
		- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
Sep 10, 2004	- Removed the = from "unset FNAME="
		- Move the real binary into /bin like Slackware does, create
		  symlink in /usr/bin
		- Create gawk symlink in /usr/bin too (in addition to 'awk')
		- Remove old versions (binaries named gawk-x.x.x and
		  pgawk-x.x.x) before 'make install'
Aug 31, 2004	- Forgot to actually change textutils -> coreutils
Aug 30, 2004	- 3.1.3 -> 3.1.4
		- Added note about the versions that come with Slackware
		- Updated prerequisites
		- Use 'unset FNAME' instead of 'FNAME='
		- Changed the link from md5sum to textutils to link to
		  coreutils
		- Use mode 700 to create ~/backup/packages
Sep 9, 2003	- Replaced downloading the non-existant sha1sums with an
		  md5sum
		- Create ~/installed with mode 700
		- Added a few prerequisites
Jul 30, 2003	- Added creation of a symlink from /usr/bin/awk to /bin/awk
		- Modernized the howto
Jul 10, 2003	- 3.1.2 -> 3.1.3
May 6, 2003	- Fixed typo in the part that re-uses the tarball if it's
		  already there (gawk-3.2.1.tar.bz2 -&gt; gawk-3.1.2.tar.bz2)
Apr 18, 2003	- Removed the notice about ftp.gnu.org's gpg signatures
		  being outdated, they fixed it
Mar 25, 2003	- 3.1.1 -> 3.1.2
		- .tar.gz -> .tar.bz2
		- Added sha1sum verification, gpg verification of sha1sums
		- Added removal of old versions
		- Added --disable-nls, removal of old .mo files
Jun 25, 2002	- First entry

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