>This seems to be a direct result of Solaris' insistence that /bin/sh
>or /sbin/sh is the one true shell, even though /bin/ksh (which has
>built-in echo) has been part of the required minimum installation for
>every currently supported release of Solaris.  In OpenSolaris, /bin/sh
>and /sbin/sh is now ksh93 (thanks, Roland!) making calls to "echo"
>turn into built-in commands.  The performance problem will persist if
>the scripts call /usr/bin/echo or /bin/echo instead of just "echo".

AFAIK, all the scripts in patch are all ksh scripts.


Casper

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