[ksh93-integration-discuss] Re: Shouldksh93/libshelluse|posix_spawn()| instead of |vfork()| ?

[Roland Mainz]

"Roger A. Faulkner" wrote:
> > I filed a bug against Solaris 11 (aka nevada):
> >
> > 6488832 posix_spawn() should return better error  codes
> >
> > I'll have the fix put back into Solaris 11 (nevada)
> > in build 53.   I'll also arrange to back-port the fix
> > to some update of Solaris 10.
> 
> Ok, it's done. The fix is in build 53 of Solaris 11
> (coming your way soon via Solaris Express).

Ok... the next ast-ksh update (or better: The regeneration of the
headers) should pick this change up then...

> Now, a question for you:
> Is the ksh93 project targeting Solaris 10 or not?
> If not, there is nothing more for me to do.
> If so, I have to arrange to back-port the fix
> to an update release of Solaris 10 (Update 4
> would be the target) and create a patch.

Yes, we're still aiming at a backport. And it may be nice to get this
fixed in Solaris 10 anyway since it would affect standalone builds of
ksh93 (and other shells/applications), too.

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Bye,
Roland

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