[Bug 16270] New: awk wrongly handles \\

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=16270

            Bug ID: 16270
           Summary: awk wrongly handles \\
           Product: Busybox
           Version: 1.37.x
          Hardware: All
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: critical
          Priority: P5
         Component: Other
          Assignee: unassigned at busybox.net
          Reporter: tankf33der at disroot.org
                CC: busybox-cvs at busybox.net
  Target Milestone: ---

hi all,

'dte' editor can not work in Alpine Linux 3.21 with busybox 1.37


gawk and awk from 1.36.x:
$ echo "mike\\mike" | awk '{ gsub(/\\/, "\\134", $0); print}'
mike\134mike
$

awk from 1.37:
$ echo "mike\\mike" | awk '{ gsub(/\\/, "\\134", $0); print}'
mike134mike
$

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