[ksh93-integration-discuss] About libcmd... / was: Re: [osol-arc]Korn Shell 93 Integration [PSARC-EXT/2006/550 Timeout:09/27/2006]

[Roland Mainz]

Richard Lowe wrote:
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> Does this mean that rather than merging the symbols of the two libcmds,
> the ksh93 libcmd could go by another name (or location), without
> affecting either ksh93 nor consumers of libshell?

No, this will not work. The resulting ksh93 binary would no longer be
compatible to the upstream versions and would break a more than twelve
year old compatibilty chain in a VERY bad way.

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Bye,
Roland

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