Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!oliveb!sun!gorodish!guy From: guy%gorodish@Sun.COM (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: "awk" drops core on many syntax errors Message-ID: <11222@sun.uucp> Date: Sat, 10-Jan-87 00:32:25 EST Article-I.D.: sun.11222 Posted: Sat Jan 10 00:32:25 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Jan-87 06:18:49 EST References: <11220@sun.uucp> Sender: news@sun.uucp Lines: 36 Summary: Correction to the previous bug fix. There was a slight error in the previous fix, due to the fact that the work was done on the S5R2 "awk", and the fix wasn't properly retrofitted; unfortunately, I couldn't convince "vnews" to cancel the original using NNTP. Index: bin/awk/awk.g.y 4.3BSD Description: In a number of cases, "awk" will drop core when it encounters a syntax error. If "awk"s standard error is redirected to a file, it may not even print the error messages. Repeat-By: Run the following command: awk '{ ng[] = ; goop = 1; }'