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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index a276e07505be..3e2586c9889f 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ gawk#####################################################################
# lolo asked me to do, and masking it totally did not just break it
# from detecting (and effectively disabling) devfs, but also broke
# depscan.sh, rc-envupdate.sh, etc, which was IMHO MUCH worse.
-# --Azarah
+# --Azarah (26 Mar 2003)
#
# Ok, this problem is getting uglier by the second.
# The way it looks to me is that FIRST gawk changes it's API so that
@@ -42,7 +42,15 @@ gawk#####################################################################
# gawk call that the lovely GNU folks also changed the function of
# between versions. And so Azarah and I will have to spend some time
# rebooting ourselves to make sure this is OK. Sorry about all that
-# folks. --LostLogic
+# folks. --LostLogic (26 Mar 2003)
+#
+# Right, so I added the filefuncs module to gawk-3.1.1-r2, meaning
+# I can remove it from baselayout if /lib/rcscripts/filefuncs.so is
+# a valid symlink. And until the GNU guys can get back to me about
+# this new bug of not taking a input file as parameter to gawk, we
+# can safely use 3.1.1. Also, those who did upgrade to 3.1.2, can
+# safely downgrade, as filefuncs.so will not be nuked.
+# --Azarah (26 Mar 2003)
>=sys-apps/gawk-3.1.2
# <sethbc@gentoo.org> (23 Mar 2003)