Mention awk fails on macOS and provide a solution

2018-07-10 06:30:09 +00:00 · 2018-07-10 06:30:09 +00:00 · e6ddb517ca
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@ -21,4 +21,9 @@ is known to work flawlessly. Just do:
    $ awk -f template.awk template.html > template.h

 If your copy of `awk` is not the GNU implementation, you will need to
-install it and use `gawk` instead in the command line above.
+install it and use `gawk` instead in the command line above. 
+
+This includes macOS where the current built-in `awk` (currently version
+20070501 at time of testing on 10.13.6) doesn't apply correctly and causes
+characters to be omitted from the output. `gawk` can be installed with a 
+package manager such as [Homebrew](https://brew.sh).