Re: Re[6]: [Devil-linux-develop] Perl build fails?

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> >>> The concept of dependencies for perl modules is in the attachment.
> >>> Any suggestions?
> >
> >> I don't speak awk... :-(
> >>
> > I don't either... Only the simplest things.
> >
> >> Is the separator ":" optional? If not, can you make it?
> >>
> > Yes, it's optional for modules without dependencies (I have lines
> > with ":" separator and without it - as an example.) If I remove the
> > separator at all, the script would be a bit more bulkier. But if you
> > ask.... ;-)
> >
> > The new version is in the attachment.
> 
> I still don't understand it, but perl-ext looks nicer. ;-)
> If nobody complains, I'd say go ahead and add it.

I don't use awk because I've found anything that awk could do that
couldn't be done in bash.  If you can explain what the awk script is
doing, I bet we can rewrite it in bash so we can all understand it.

 - BS