mkinitrd fails with error message "awk: cmd. line:2: fatal: match: third argument is a gawk extension".
Issue
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Following actions produces inconsistent initrd image file and complains during the process:
- yum update kernel\*
- yum install kernel
- mkinitrd -f /boot/initrd-`uname -r` `uname -r`
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RHEL 4
"awk: cmd. line:2: fatal: match: third argument is a gawk extension"
- RHEL 5
"awk: (FILENAME=- FNR=1) fatal: function `gensub' not defined"
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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