[PATCH] GCC bootstrap failure on cygwin is gawk 3.1.2 bug!

[Neil Booth]

Roger Sayle wrote:-

> I'm not really a gawk/awk expert, but the gawk 3.1.2 bug only applies
> to RS="", so the behaviour of RS="^L" should be the same as it is with
> other awks.  i.e. if you can make a "RS=^L" solution work for on your
> box, there should be no (fewer?) surprises elsewhere.
> 
> I've also confirmed that this bug has been fixed in the development
> sources of gawk, so there shouldn't be a problem with the next
> release, which I'm told "should happen sometime soon".  Many thanks
> to Aharon for his rapid reply.

I'm unsure what to do now.  I'd like to say "don't use gawk 3.1.2".

Neil.