Re: vc-list-files-cvs failure?

[Jim Meyering]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
...
>> That fall-back code relies on gawk, sed and /bin/sh,
>> so you might try with a different shell, e.g., bash vs. dash,
>> or inserting "| tee /tmp/log " into the pipeline to see if
>> the damage is already done before the eval'd "sed" code runs.
>
> I can reproduce this when awk is mawk.  The following patch fixes
> the failure, the portability issue is documented in the gawk manual.
>
> OK to apply?
>
> Thanks,
> Ralf
>
>     Fix unportable awk script in vc-list-files.
>
>     * build-aux/vc-list-files: In the replacement awk script, use
>     substr with a second argument of 1, not zero.
>     Report by Simon Josefsson.

Sure.  Thanks, Ralf!