With databases/mysql4-client there's the problem on IRIX 5 that IRIX  
5's nawk when launched as AWK in mk/configure/configure.mk cannot  
handle some lines in the configure script as they are too large for  
that implementation:

===> Configuring for mysql-client-4.1.20
=> Modifying GNU configure scripts to avoid --recheck
Input record `ac_subst_vars='SHELL...' too long
Input record number 479, file configure
Source line number 1
*** Error code 2

Stop.


Now what is the appropriate way to enforce the use of GNU awk as AWK  
for that package (on IRIX 5 only)?
I added the following lines to the Makefile, which seem to do the trick:

.include "../../mk/bsd.prefs.mk"
.if !empty(LOWER_OPSYS:Mirix5*)
# the configure script has some lines too long for IRIX 5's nawk
USE_TOOLS+=awk
TOOLS_PLATFORM.awk=     ${LOCALBASE}/bin/${GNU_PROGRAM_PREFIX}awk
TOOLS_CMD.awk=          ${TOOLS_DIR}/bin/awk
BUILD_DEPENDS+=         gawk>=0:../../lang/gawk
.endif

Should I better place this into a separate hacks.mk?
Is there a more appropriate solution?

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