From d165a20ae4804992a104ffc8fa8e897e8964fbe8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cosmin Truta <ctruta@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 20:51:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] build: Improve the search for an AWK processor in the CMake
 build

Add nawk to the list of AWK-processing programs that are known to work,
and show the search result in the CMake log.
---
 CMakeLists.txt | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 45bd2d542..8ab735d83 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -353,7 +353,15 @@ int main(void) { return 0; }
   file(REMOVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/conftest.map")
 endif()
 
-find_program(AWK NAMES gawk awk)
+# Find an AWK language processor.
+# Start with specific AWK implementations like gawk and nawk, which are
+# known to work with our scripts, then fall back to the system awk.
+find_program(AWK NAMES gawk nawk awk)
+if(AWK)
+  message(STATUS "Found AWK program: ${AWK}")
+else()
+  message(STATUS "Could not find an AWK-compatible program")
+endif()
 
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})