[U-Boot] strtonum() is gawk specific extension

[U-Boot] strtonum() is gawk specific extension

[Vasili Galka]

The following patch "Check that u-boot.bin size looks correct":
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/355151/
Uses strtonum() function which is gawk specific extension:
https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/Strtonum-Function.html

As a result, currenlty, u-boot/master generates build errors on systems
with alternative awk implementations e.g. I get:

awk: line 2: function strtonum never defined

Either gawk shall be required and explicitly used or the
implementation changed.

Best,
Vasili

[U-Boot] strtonum() is gawk specific extension

[Simon Glass]

Hi,

On 15 June 2014 06:56, Vasili Galka <vvv444@gmail.com> wrote:
> The following patch "Check that u-boot.bin size looks correct":
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/355151/
> Uses strtonum() function which is gawk specific extension:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/Strtonum-Function.html
>
> As a result, currenlty, u-boot/master generates build errors on systems
> with alternative awk implementations e.g. I get:
>
> awk: line 2: function strtonum never defined
>
> Either gawk shall be required and explicitly used or the
> implementation changed.

I thought of an ugly way and sent a patch using bc, but please let me
know if you have something better.

Regards,
Simon

[U-Boot] strtonum() is gawk specific extension

[Vasili Galka]

Hi Simon,

On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> wrote:
> I thought of an ugly way and sent a patch using bc, but please let me
> know if you have something better.

I honestly don't know. Is bc considered "standard" and always comes on
Linux systems?
Maybe there shall be a list of prerequisites in README file?
For example some configurations require openssl on the host.

Best,
Vasili