[ksh93-integration-discuss] Re: /etc/ksh.kshrc for ksh93[PSARC/2006/587 Timeout: 10/24/2006]

Joseph Kowalski Joseph.Kowalski at eng.sun.com
Wed Oct 18 19:38:17 PDT 2006


> From: Don Cragun <don.cragun at sun.com>
...
>     C.	If (or when) a case comes forward to replace one or more of
> 	/sbin/sh, /usr/bin/sh, /usr/bin/ksh, and /usr/xpg4/bin/sh with
> 	ksh93 we will need to discuss this again as a compatibility
> 	issue.  That discussion should not sidetrack this case.  Note
> 	that /sbin/sh and /usr/bin/sh do not currently provide any
> 	command line editing options.

I guess I have to disagree here.  All along the project team has expressed
a desire for ksh93 to become the one true shell.  I believe it is
irresponsible to plant landmines along the project team's roadmap.

Its seems very interesting to me that the project team seems to be the
one planting the mines.   8^)

- jek3




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