Re: Question (bug ?) - how to build gawk for Linux on PowerPC ? What are pre-requisites to be prior installed ?

[Bob Proulx]

Povolotsky, Alexander wrote:
> See below the capture of failure to buid gawk "natively" (should I
> crosscompile instead ?)
> rm: invalid option -- f
> usage: rm [-d] [-q len] [conf]rm: invalid option -- f

Check for a rogue 'rm' command in your path.

  type rm

Find it and rename it to something that does not collide with the 'rm'
command.

> sed: invalid option -- n
> usage: sed [-d] [-q len] [conf]rm: invalid option -- f

Same thing for 'sed'.

Now is it a coincidence that both 'rm' and 'sed' in your listing have
exactly the same usage message?

Bob