NetBSD Problem Report #52743

From brad.harder@gmail.com  Tue Nov 21 05:23:39 2017
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 21:23:37 -0800
From: bch <brad.harder@gmail.com>
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Subject: awk standards described in documentation

>Number:         52743
>Category:       standards
>Synopsis:       awk documenation wrt standards compliance
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    standards-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Nov 21 05:25:00 +0000 2017
>Originator:     bch <brad.harder@gmail.com>
>Release:        NetBSD 8.99.7
>Organization:
method logic digital
>Environment:
System: NetBSD kamloops 8.99.7 NetBSD 8.99.7 (GENERIC) #60: Fri Nov 17
13:11:55 PST 2017
root@kamloops:/usr/obj/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
	Wikipedia indicates awk is part of POSIX. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWK)

        Our man page for vi(1) indicates that vi(1) is part of POSIX:

======
STANDARDS
       Nex/nvi is close to IEEE Std1003.2 (``POSIX'').	That document differs
       from historical ex/vi practice in several places; there are changes to
       be made on both sides.
======

	Shouldn't awk(1) have an appropriate clause to indicate
	it's (non-)adherence to POSIX?

>How-To-Repeat:
	$ man awk
>Fix:
	Sounds like a good idea

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