The following reply was made to PR pkg/33229; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Brandon Bergren <bdragon@mailsnare.net>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/33229 (mk/bsd.pkg.mk check-vulnerable: awk speedup (possibly
 10x))
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:49:50 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)

 The funny thing is I was just thinking about this today.
 
 Glad to hear that there's a C rewrite, looking forward to seeing it.
 
 Thanks for the update!
 
 --Brandon Bergren