Re: [gawk-stable] bug: fatal error when getline from directory

[Steffen Schuler]

Aharon Robbins wrote:
> OK. The fix is now in the gawk-stable CVS. It should be reflected in
> the repository on Savannah within an hour from this email.
>
> The man page and reference card have been updated to indicate that
> getline returns 1 on success, also.
>
> Thanks again everyone.
>
> Arnold
>   
Hi Arnold, hi Paolo, hi all other discussion members,

thank you very much Paolo for providing the original bug report,
for discussing it, pointing to the best solution and for providing a bug 
fix.
Also thanks to all other discussion members for discussing it and giving
valuable input.
Thank you very much Arnold for your decision and for providing the bug fix.

Regards,

Steffen

P.S.: There were a lot of good arguments and I have a great respect for 
everyone
     but the flame war wasn't necessary.