[ksh93-integration-discuss] ksh93-integration 2007-03-18 test binaries available for download

[Roland Mainz]

Hi!

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A new set of tarballs containing an OS/Net version of ksh93 [1] (based
on ksh93s_final_20070111 [2]) is now available from
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/downloads/2007-03-18/

These tarballs are intended to be installed over an existing OpenSolaris
i386 or SPARC installation and provide ksh93s_final_20070111 [2] for
testing and evaluation purposed ONLY.

Please report any problems/errors/bugs/comments to the ksh93-integration
project bugzilla [5] or the ksh93-integration mailinglist ([4]; please
subscribe before posting).



** Install instructions:

 1. Download the tarball:
      + i386/AMD64:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/downloads/ksh93_integration_20070318_snapshot_i386.tar.bz2
      + SPARC:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/downloads/ksh93_integration_20070318_snapshot_sparc.tar.bz2
 2. Verify the MD5 checksum:
      + i386/AMD64: MD5
        (ksh93_integration_20070318_snapshot_i386.tar.bz2)=
        1df38f1ade798a3fbff4f1250a8a211b
      + SPARC: MD5
        (ksh93_integration_20070318_snapshot_sparc.tar.bz2)=
        2a594b17b22844443aef2154a164d020
 3. Login as user "root":
 4. Change directory to / and unpack the tarball with /usr/bin/tar
    using the "xvof" option ("o" is very important to set the file
    ownership to "root")

Example for i386/AMD64:

  $ cd /tmp
  $ wget
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/downloads/ksh93_integration_20070318_snapshot_i386.tar.bz2
  $ /usr/sfw/bin/openssl md5
ksh93_integration_20070318_snapshot_i386.tar.bz2
  MD5(ksh93_integration_20070318_snapshot_i386.tar.bz2)=
1df38f1ade798a3fbff4f1250a8a211b
  # cd /
  # sync ; sync
  # bzcat </tmp/ksh93_integration_20070318_snapshot_i386.tar.bz2 | tar
-xvof -
  # sync ; sync

Example for SPARC:

  $ cd /tmp
  $ wget
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/downloads/ksh93_integration_20070318_snapshot_sparc.tar.bz2
  $ /usr/sfw/bin/openssl md5
ksh93_integration_20070318_snapshot_sparc.tar.bz2
  MD5(ksh93_integration_20070318_snapshot_sparc.tar.bz2)=
2a594b17b22844443aef2154a164d020
  # cd /
  # sync ; sync
  # bzcat </tmp/ksh93_integration_20070318_snapshot_sparc.tar.bz2 | tar
-xvof -
  # sync ; sync



** Notes:

  * This tarball matches ksh93s_final (=ast-ksh.2007-01-11) with
    many many changes since the last version. Please test the
    binaries extensively.

  * The diffs between Solaris Nevada B51 and the current
    ksh93-integration tree can be obtained via
    svn diff -r 500:647
svn://svn.genunix.org/on/branches/ksh93/gisburn/prototype004/usr or as
unified diff from
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/downloads/svn_genunix_org_on_branches_ksh93_gisburn_prototype004_rev_500_647.diff.txt
(12MB, MD5 checksum is 0ea00a2f410f742ed8c99321f26d2842).

  * 64bit binaries and libraries are now included (and used by
    default if the hardware is 64bit capable)

  * AST l10n utilities are stored in /usr/ast/bin/.

  * If you wish to use ksh93 as login shell you have to create the
    file /etc/shells (see shells(4) manual page) to include it in
    the list of "allowed" system login shells:
    Example /etc/shells file (created using $ cat
usr/src/lib/libc/port/gen/getusershell.c | egrep
'.*".*/(bin|sbin)/.*".*' | sed 's/[",]//g' | sort -u #):
    -- snip --
    /bin/bash
    /bin/csh
    /bin/jsh
    /bin/ksh
    /bin/ksh93
    /bin/pfcsh
    /bin/pfksh
    /bin/pfsh
    /bin/sh
    /bin/tcsh
    /bin/zsh
    /sbin/jsh
    /sbin/pfsh
    /sbin/sh
    /usr/bin/bash
    /usr/bin/csh
    /usr/bin/jsh
    /usr/bin/ksh
    /usr/bin/ksh93
    /usr/bin/pfcsh
    /usr/bin/pfksh
    /usr/bin/pfsh
    /usr/bin/sh
    /usr/bin/tcsh
    /usr/bin/zsh
    /usr/sfw/bin/zsh
    /usr/xpg4/bin/sh
    -- snip --

  * libcmd.so is replaced with a version which includes both the
    ksh93 builtin commands and the private Solaris API of previous
    libcmd versions.

  * The tarball was simply created from an OS/Net B51 proto/ subdir
    via collecting the files listed by $ find $ROOT '!' -type d |
    sed 's/.*\/root_sparc\///' | egrep "/(lib|llib-l)(cmd|ast|shell
    |dll|pp)|/(ksh|rksh|pfksh)|include/ast|usr/ast/" | egrep -v
    cmdutils | sort #.

  * The tarballs do not provide a manual page for ksh93. Please use
    the manual page for ksh93r [3] in the meantime.

  * "multiline" input mode was temporary disabled in the default
    configuration due small issues.

  * Build instructions and further notes can be found at
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/downloads/2007-03-18/



** Links/References:
 [1]=ksh93-integration/migration project home page:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/

 [2]=ksh93s_final_20070111 release annoucement:
https://mailman.research.att.com/pipermail/ast-users/2007q1/001546.html

 [3]=ksh93r manual page:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/docs/ksh93r/man/man1/sh/

 [4]=ksh93-integration mailinglist:
http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ksh93-integration-discuss/
; please subscribe before posting (and please avoid flamewars) !!

 [5]=http://bugs.grommit.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=ksh93-integration

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Bye,
Roland

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