[libgo PATCH 0/1] mksyscalls.awk: make split ERE more portable

[Ian Lance Taylor]

On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Bernhard Reutner-Fischer
<rep.dot.nop@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When using busybox' awk to bootstrap, libgo's syscalls are generated
> incorrectly.
>
> I'm attaching the split() used by busybox' awk including output before
> and after the patch for reference.
>
> Please install / ok to install?

I installed a slightly different version, that retains the desired
semantics (skip arbitrary amounts of whitespace).  This should avoid
confusing the busybox awk by matching the null string.  Committed to
mainline and 4.8 branch.

Thanks for reporting the issue.

Ian
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