ksh93 update 2 [PSARC/2009/063 FastTrack timeout 02/09/2009]

Joerg Schilling Joerg.Schilling at fokus.fraunhofer.de
Mon Feb 2 08:06:12 PST 2009


Peter Tribble <peter.tribble at gmail.com> wrote:

....
> > 8) An enhanced version of the "wc" utility and an identical ksh93
> >   built-in command
>
> Replacement of important components of the userland seems rather too important
> for a fast-track.
>
> I know that I'm certainly not happy about ripping out Solaris commands and
> replacing them with external commands. What happens when we need or want
> to diverge from upstream behaviour?
>
> And is this just the tip of the iceberg?

+1 for your demurs.

Jörg

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