> From: Roland Illig <rillig@NetBSD.org>
> 
> 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

That is true for kdebase3, wxGTK and some other packages.

Gilles