From 38ffc713a72682e3bd9fdb478ac44f550975a8ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordan Harband <ljharb@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:59:11 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [Fix] `nvm_get_default_packages`: use portable awk patterns

Replace POSIX `[[:space:]]` character class with `[ \t]` for
mawk compatibility on Ubuntu 16.04.
---
 nvm.sh                                        |  6 +-
 .../nvm_get_default_packages mawk compat      | 57 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_get_default_packages mawk compat

diff --git a/nvm.sh b/nvm.sh
index fe95895..effb506 100755
--- a/nvm.sh
+++ b/nvm.sh
@@ -4530,9 +4530,9 @@ nvm_get_default_packages() {
   NVM_DEFAULT_PACKAGE_FILE="${NVM_DIR}/default-packages"
   if [ -f "${NVM_DEFAULT_PACKAGE_FILE}" ]; then
     command awk -v filename="${NVM_DEFAULT_PACKAGE_FILE}" '
-      /^[[:space:]]*#/ { next }                     # Skip lines that begin with #
-      /^[[:space:]]*$/ { next }                     # Skip empty lines
-      /[[:space:]]/ && !/^[[:space:]]*#/ {
+      /^[ \t]*#/ { next }                           # Skip lines that begin with #
+      /^[ \t]*$/ { next }                           # Skip empty lines
+      /[ \t]/ && !/^[ \t]*#/ {
         print "Only one package per line is allowed in `" filename "`. Please remove any lines with multiple space-separated values." > "/dev/stderr"
         err = 1
         exit 1
diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_get_default_packages mawk compat b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_get_default_packages mawk compat
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f6fa5d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_get_default_packages mawk compat	
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Test that nvm_get_default_packages awk patterns work with mawk
+# This test runs with mawk explicitly if available, to catch POSIX
+# character class compatibility issues (mawk doesn't support [[:space:]])
+
+die () { echo "$@" ; cleanup ; exit 1; }
+
+\. ../../../nvm.sh
+
+# The awk command from nvm_get_default_packages
+AWK_SCRIPT='
+  /^[ \t]*#/ { next }
+  /^[ \t]*$/ { next }
+  /[ \t]/ && !/^[ \t]*#/ {
+    print "error" > "/dev/stderr"
+    exit 1
+  }
+  {
+    if (NR > 1 && !prev_space) printf " "
+    printf "%s", $0
+    prev_space = 0
+  }
+'
+
+TEST_INPUT="rimraf
+object-inspect@1.0.2
+
+# commented-package
+
+stevemao/left-pad"
+
+EXPECTED_OUTPUT="rimraf object-inspect@1.0.2 stevemao/left-pad"
+
+# Test with system awk
+OUTPUT="$(printf '%s\n' "${TEST_INPUT}" | awk "${AWK_SCRIPT}")"
+[ "${OUTPUT}" = "${EXPECTED_OUTPUT}" ] || die "system awk: expected >${EXPECTED_OUTPUT}<, got >${OUTPUT}<"
+
+# Test with mawk explicitly if available
+if command -v mawk > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+  OUTPUT="$(printf '%s\n' "${TEST_INPUT}" | mawk "${AWK_SCRIPT}")"
+  [ "${OUTPUT}" = "${EXPECTED_OUTPUT}" ] || die "mawk: expected >${EXPECTED_OUTPUT}<, got >${OUTPUT}<"
+  echo "mawk test passed"
+else
+  echo "mawk not available, skipping mawk-specific test"
+fi
+
+# Test with gawk explicitly if available
+if command -v gawk > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+  OUTPUT="$(printf '%s\n' "${TEST_INPUT}" | gawk "${AWK_SCRIPT}")"
+  [ "${OUTPUT}" = "${EXPECTED_OUTPUT}" ] || die "gawk: expected >${EXPECTED_OUTPUT}<, got >${OUTPUT}<"
+  echo "gawk test passed"
+else
+  echo "gawk not available, skipping gawk-specific test"
+fi
+
+echo "All awk compatibility tests passed"