[ksh93-integration-discuss] Where should ksh93/libshell live: "/" or "/usr" ? / Re: Extending Makefile.ksh93switch for /bin/sh?

[Roland Mainz]

Josh Hurst wrote:
> would it be possible to extend the functionality of
> Makefile.ksh93switch in your ksh93 prototype a little and add an
> option to install ksh93 as /bin/sh, too?

After some thinking and an IRC debate I commited
http://polaris.blastwave.org/changeset/352 ... setting % export
BUILD_KSH93_AS_BINSH=1 # before "make setup" will switch /bin/sh to
ksh93. Note that this option is currently untested.

During development of this patch I hit another issue which may require
adjustments: Currently we install libshell.so&co. in /lib (to allow
applications to use it even in the early stages of the boot sequence,
even when /usr is not mounted at that point) while the ksh93 frontend
lives in /usr/bin/ ... which is slightly inconsistent.

We have two options
a) Move everything into "/usr" (e.g. /usr/bin and /usr/lib)
  OR
b) Move everything into "/" (e.g. /sbin and /lib)

Since we already have requests to have libshell in "/lib" we may want to
go with [b] ...

April: Any ideas/comments/thoughts about that ?

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Bye,
Roland

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