Bug 1215855

Summary:	Missing POSIX awk
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE Tumbleweed	Reporter:	Tomáš Doležal <tomak1>
Component:	Containers	Assignee:	Dirk Mueller <dmueller>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	dmueller, fvogt, msvec, tomak1
Version:	Current	Flags:	dmueller: needinfo? (tomak1)
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Hardware:	Other
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Description Tomáš Doležal 2023-10-01 19:46:27 UTC

Hello,

I have just started using the openSUSE Tumbleweed docker image, but I have noticed that the regular POSIX awk tool is missing.
I know I can install gawk by zypper, but this seems to be a bit off.

Why is that so?
It is common for other Linux distributions to include such a core utilities.

Comment 1 Dirk Mueller 2023-11-20 21:46:05 UTC

It's simply because nothing we currently install requires it. it used to be required by rpm.

Comment 2 Dirk Mueller 2023-11-21 11:41:01 UTC

Hi Tomas, is there a concrete error or usecase that requires awk? we're curious on this and would like to (internally) document why it was added to the container.

Comment 3 Tomáš Doležal 2023-11-22 17:02:32 UTC

Well it's not an internal bug, but I was surprised that this distribution doesn't include this utility.

After all, it is part of POSIX.
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/idx/utilities.html

Comment 4 Tomáš Doležal 2023-11-22 17:04:48 UTC

Moreover, I think that those few extra bytes are not bad and it will save work and especially headache for administrators who are used to POSIX environment.