Android NDK revision 7 Host 'awk' tool is outdated error

Question

I am getting "Android NDK: Host 'awk' tool is outdated. Please define HOST_AWK to point to Gawk or Nawk !" error on latest android ndk revision 7.

Answer 1

Solved the problem.

Solution:

1. Navigate to ../android-ndk-r7/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin
2. Rename the file awk to awk_

Imoprtant thing to note on windows machine:

ndk revision 7 onwards, ndk source can be built without cygwin, ie.., instead of calling ndk-build command from inside a Cygwin shell, you should call run ndk-build.cmd inside a MSDOS command window.

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It works because probably ndk-build first tries to use a locally defined, but old (at least for Linux), version of awk. By renaming it, we make it unreachable by such command, so, apparently, ndk-build calls the system-wide awk.

Answer 2

This Solution (from Santhosh) works also under windows:

1. Navigate to ../android-ndk-r7/prebuilt/windows/bin Rename the file
2. rename awk.exe to awk_.exe

Answer 3

I think the problem is $(HOST_AWK) not defined correctly and local prebuild awk.exe doesn't work. Thus prebuild awk.exe should be deleted or renamed and use gawk if awk is not defined.

To solve this problem:

1 - Rename <drive>\android-ndk\prebuilt\windows\bin\awk.exe to <drive>\android-ndk\prebuilt\windows\bin\awk_.exe.

2 - Open <drive>\android-ndk\build\core\init.mk

Replace

HOST_AWK := $(strip $(HOST_AWK))
ifndef HOST_AWK
    HOST_AWK := awk
endif

with

HOST_AWK := $(strip $(HOST_AWK))
ifndef HOST_AWK
    HOST_AWK := gawk
endif

Note that awk renamed to gawk.

Answer 4

Take a look at this japanese post: http://d.hatena.ne.jp/yohpapa/20111113/1321198570

They explain how to solve your problem. Is in japanese, but the commands are legible =)

Hope this helps...