On 18 March 2014 11:57, Michal Hlavinka <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/18/2014 10:07 AM, Lionel Cons wrote: >> >> On 17 March 2014 10:02, Franz Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi list, >>> >>> is any of you using ksh on Linux? I have a problem with RedHat 6 systems >>> where the link /usr/bin/ksh -> / bin/ksh is missing, which breaks >>> existing >>> scripts... >>> >>> Would be interested if somebody has the same issue. >>> There's an entry in the RH support portal, but no access without $$$. >>> https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/59186 >> >> >> CCing ast-users. My guess is that the link is part of an extra package >> or config script. >> >> Michal? >> >> Lionel > > > Hi, > we've installed ksh only in /bin/ksh. Because pdksh in RHEL5 provided > /usr/bin/ksh and we introduced alternatives for switching. We've switched > both /bin/ksh and /usr/bin/ksh As this is no longer needed with pdksh->mksh > replacement, we did not use alternatives at first and neither /use/bin/ksh > symlink in ksh package. Later, because of significant demand, we've added > alternatives switching back. As neither ksh nor mksh contained the > /usr/bin/ksh symlink, there was no file conflict to solve and the symlink > was not added to the alternatives. > > So the solution is: > a) for a few computers - create symlink manually > b) for more computers - create ksh-usrbin package and drop it in your own > package repository > $ rpmbuild -ba ksh-usrbin.spec > ============== ksh-usrbin.spec ================ > Name: ksh-usrbin > Version: 1 > Release: 1 > Summary: /usr/bin/ksh symlink > Group: System Environment/Shells > License: EPL > Requires: ksh > > %description > /usr/bin/ksh symlink > > %prep > > %build > > %install > mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin > ln -s /bin/ksh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin/ksh > > %files > %{_bindir}/ksh > > %changelog > ==============================================
/usr/bin/ksh not being ksh93 is a bit stupid, isn't it? Even Oracle/Solaris learned that lesson... Wendy _______________________________________________ ast-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users
