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ref: f9affa922c5e074990a999d486d4bc823590fd93
parent: dfd28d2e935d6905be2b2c2b96488ccaf460994a
author: ozan yigit <ozan.yigit@gmail.com>
date: Tue Jul 27 10:00:36 EDT 2021

fix -F "str" vs -v FS="str" when str is null

--- a/FIXES
+++ b/FIXES
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 This file lists all bug fixes, changes, etc., made since the AWK book
 was sent to the printers in August, 1987.
 
+July 27, 2021:
+	As per IEEE Std 1003.1-2008, -F "str" is now consistent with
+	-v FS="str" when str is null. Thanks to Warner Losh.
+
 July 24, 2021:
 	Fix readrec's definition of a record. This fixes an issue
 	with NetBSD's RS regular expression support that can cause
--