Bug 1215855 - Missing POSIX awk
Summary: Missing POSIX awk
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: openSUSE Tumbleweed
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Containers (show other bugs)
Version: Current
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
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Assignee: Dirk Mueller
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Reported: 2023-10-01 19:46 UTC by Tomáš Doležal
Modified: 2023-11-22 17:04 UTC (History)
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dmueller: needinfo? (tomak1)

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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.