[ksh93-integration-discuss] getconf

[Roland Mainz]

Glenn Fowler wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:25:23 +0200 Roland Mainz wrote:
> > Glenn Fowler wrote:
> > > I'm working on resolving the getconf problem(s)
> > > and hope to have it working and tested by tomorrow
> > > at that point I'll post source that roland can test
> > > before larger distribution
> 
> > Thanks! ... :-)
> > ... but note that even if "getconf" works we need to disable it for now
> > (in our build) since it wasn't covered by the ARC case (and we would
> > need another ARC case to get it enabled (and if we find more nits in the
> > "getconf" builtin we can't enable it anyway... ;-( )) ... ;-(
> > ... it seems we still need a workaround for now (like the patch I send
> > you ealier this week).
> 
> we can't patch our master source (drop getconf builtin) on such short turnaround
> the build and packaging system that includes ksh also uses ksh
> so we (I) have to be certain that such a change won't bring it
> down like a house of cards

Erm... my original patch (and request) was about the introduction of a
hidden+private alias for "getconf" (called "astgetconf") which the test
suite should use instead and then we could disable the "getconf" builtin
command on our side (temporarily - which should give us a way to do our
ksh93 putback with a working test suite and you would have enougth time
to handle the "getconf" issue in peace) and not your side...

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Bye,
Roland

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