On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Simon Toedt <simon.to...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:07 PM, David Korn <d...@research.att.com> wrote: >> Subject: Re: Re: [ast-developers] libcmd builtin wish: iconv >> -------- >> >> >>> We need a single ksh binary with grep builtin. If we deploy multiple >>> files with .paths then we have to convince at least 11 groups at our >>> site that this makes sense, doesn't affect them and is worth to put >>> this on the agenda of lots of meetings. Not to mention the yapping >>> about using perl instead. >>> >> >> We want to do this as a compile option but we would like to associate >> grep with a path, most likely the one found in the standard path. >> This will allow a user to override the one we provide. > > You do have /opt/ast (or /usr/ast on some platforms) for that. > > Sorry for asking a question which may have been discussed: Why does it > take that long to add grep to ksh93?
Again. I will never understand it why this can't be a compile option. It has been requested so often. Simon _______________________________________________ ast-developers mailing list ast-developers@research.att.com https://mailman.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-developers
