>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