[ksh93-integration-discuss] ksh93 builtins in Solaris -thepatch...

[Glenn Fowler]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:26:05 -0700 (PDT) April Chin wrote:
> Yes, -m is supported, but in this case, the builtin behavior is different
> from Solaris.
> In the below, /usr/bin/mkdir is the Solaris version; plain mkdir is the
> ksh93 builtin.  The below case is similar to a test case in the 
> VSC standards test suite:

> $ umask 0777
> $ /usr/bin/mkdir -m =rx d1
> $ ls -ld d1
> d---------   2 chin     staff        512 Jun 22  2006 d1
> $ mkdir -m =rx d2
> $ ls -ld d2
> dr-xr-xr-x   2 chin     staff        512 Jun 22  2006 d2

mkdir and chmod have been fixed, along with regression tests,
via a fix in the libast strperm(3) file mode expression parser

there will be an alpha post monday, along with a tab-tab update
that should make everyone happy

-- Glenn Fowler -- AT&T Research, Florham Park NJ --