Greg A. Woods wrote:
>>In article <20060715141013.44098211CA@cvs.netbsd.org> Roland wrote:
>>
>>: Log Message:
>>: The native AWK of Solaris cannot patch the configure file, so gawk is
>>: needed. Fixes PR 33998.
> 
> Why can't solaris use nawk?  Isn't even the nawk included native in
> solaris usable?

No, it isn't. In pkgsrc/regress/tools/files/awk-test.sh I have 
documented that both awk implementations that come with Solaris cannot 
handle long lines.

Roland