As the case is specified it gets my +1 but I still have some minor questions:
On 4/21/09, Garrett D'Amore - sun microsystems <gd78059 at sac.sfbay.sun.com> wrote: > > I'm sponsoring this fast-track request on behalf of Roland Mainz and the > ksh93-integration project. It consists of more commands being converted > to use internal ksh93 builtins. > > Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI > This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems > 1. Introduction > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: > more ksh93 command conversions > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: > Author: Roland Mainz > 1.3 Date of This Document: > 20 April, 2009 > 4. Technical Description > > Please note that this is an *open* case. > > The release binding is the same as with the previous ksh93 project: a > patch/micro release of Solaris delivering through OS/Net > Stability levels are as described below. > > Additional materials (man pages and diffs) can be found in the > 'materials/' subdirectory. > > This project is an amendment to the Korn Shell 93 Integration project > (PSARC/2006/550, PSARC/2006/587, PSARC/2007/035, PSARC/2008/094, > PSARC/2008/344, PSARC/2009/063 and PSARC/2009/248) and depends on > PSARC/2009/248, specifying the following additional interfaces: > > 1) An enhanced version of the "cksum" utility and an identical ksh93 > built-in command > 2) An enhanced version of the "head" utility and an identical ksh93 > built-in command > 3) An enhanced version of the "join" utility and an identical ksh93 > built-in command > 4) An enhanced version of the "logname" utility and an identical ksh93 > built-in command > 5) An enhanced version of the "mkfifo" utility and an identical ksh93 > built-in command > 6) An enhanced version of the "tail" utility and an identical ksh93 > built-in command > 7) An enhanced version of the "tee" utility and an identical ksh93 > built-in command > > > Bug/RFE Number(s): > > 6793763 RFE: Update /usr/bin/ksh93 to ast-ksh.2009-03-10 > 6828692 RFE: Update /usr/bin/cksum to AT&T AST "cksum" > 6805812 RFE: Update /usr/bin/head to AT&T AST "head" > 6805813 RFE: Update /usr/bin/join to AT&T AST "join" > 6828644 RFE: Update /usr/bin/logname to AT&T AST "logname" > 6805814 RFE: Update /usr/bin/mkfifo to AT&T AST "mkfifo" > 6790507 RFE: Update /usr/bin/tail and /usr/xpg4/bin/tail to > AT&T AST "tail" > 6805819 RFE: Update /usr/bin/tee to AT&T AST "tee" > > > > Interface Stability Description > --------- --------- ----------- > /usr/bin/cksum Commited cksum command > /usr/bin/head Commited head command > /usr/bin/join Commited join command > /usr/bin/logname Commited logname command > /usr/bin/mkfifo Commited mkfifo command > /usr/bin/tail [1] tail command > /usr/xpg4/bin/tail [1] XPG4 tail command > /usr/bin/tee Commited tee command > > [1]=Stabiltiy for /usr/bin/tail and /usr/xpg4/bin/tail is "Commited" > except for "Uncommited" options "-q"/"--quiet" which are > GNU-only and option "-b" which is now "Commited Obsolete". Could you elaborate the difference between Committed and Committed Obsolete? > > > > ##### Introduction: > This case proposes to deliver the following features as a set of > independent putbacks as they become available. Each feature is > self contained and independent of the others, so out of order > and partial putbacks at this granularity should have no adverse > impact on the functionality and behavior of the system as a whole. > > > #### Part 1: Enhancement of /usr/bin/cksum > The first part of this project specifies an enhancement to > /usr/bin/cksum and a new ksh93 built-in with the same name based on > the AT&T AST "cksum" command. > > The AT&T version of the "cksum" utility > provides extensions not present in the current Solaris "cksum" > utility, which are useful for small applications to generate hash > sums (for example using the MD5 hash for MIME "Content-MD5:"-headers). > > The AT&T AST version of the "cksum" utility provides support for the > following additional options found commonly in other > implementations such as GNU and BSD: > -- snip -- > -a, --all > -b, --binary > -B, --scale > -c, --check > -h, --header > -l, --list > -p, --permissions > -R, --recursive > -S, --silent|status > -t, --total > -T, --text > -w, --warn > -x, --method|algorithm (default is "cksum") > -L, --logical|follow > -H, --metaphysical > -P, --physical > -r, --bsd > -s, --sysv > --man, --html, --nroff, --help, --version > -- snip -- > > The stability of the "/usr/bin/cksum" command and built-in > command-line Are the built in commands specified in this ARC cases bound to /bin like the existing ksh93 built in commands? > interface and the system variables documented in > cksum(1) and specified by IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 is "Committed". Why are you explicitly referencing IEEE Std 1003.1-2008? Isn't Committed enough? > > Note that the implementation will take the specified output format > string "%u %d %s\n" <checksum>, <# of octets>, <path name> now > literally, previously implementation used a <tab> instead of > <space> between %u and %d (the POSIX standard allows both <tab> > and <space>, however GNU and BSD implementations use <space> and > no other implementation except Solaris was found which uses > <tab>). > > The "cksum" command will (re-)use the existing codepath for > /usr/bin/sum which uses libmd to use Solaris's native&&optimized > versions for ciphers like MD5 and the SHA*-family. > > > #### Part 2: Enhancement of /usr/bin/head > The second part of this project specifies an enhancement to > /usr/bin/head based on the AT&T AST "head" command. > The AT&T AST version of the "head" utility provides support for the > following additional options found commonly in other > implementations such as GNU and BSD: > -- snip -- > --lines (same as existing "-n") > -c, --bytes > -q, --quiet|silent > -s, --skip > -v, --verbose > --man, --html, --nroff, --help, --version > -- snip -- > The stability of the "/usr/bin/head" command and built-in > command-line interface (including the new options) and system > variables documented in head(1) and specified by IEEE > Std 1003.1-2008 is "Committed". > For further information/specifications see the materials/-folder. > > > #### Part 3: Enhancement of /usr/bin/join > The third part of this project specifies an enhancement to > /usr/bin/join based on the AT&T AST "join" command. > The AT&T AST version of the "join" utility provides support for the > following additional options found commonly in other > implementations such as GNU and BSD: > -- snip -- > --empty (same as existing "-e") > --output (same as existing "-o") > --separator|tabs (same as existing "-t"). > --j1 (same as existing "-1") > --j2 (same as existing "-2") > --join (same as existing "-j") > --unpairable (same as existing "-a") > --suppress (same as existing "-v") > -i, --ignorecase > -B, --mmap > --man, --html, --nroff, --help, --version > -- snip -- > The stability of the "/usr/bin/join" command and built-in > command-line interface (including the new options) and system > variables documented in join(1) and specified by IEEE > Std 1003.1-2008 is "Committed". > For further information/specifications see the materials/-folder. > > > #### Part 4: Enhancement of /usr/bin/logname > The 4th part of this project specifies an enhancement to > /usr/bin/logname based on the AT&T AST "logname" command. > The AT&T AST version of the "logname" utility provides support for the > following additional options found commonly in other > implementations such as GNU and BSD: > -- snip -- > --man, --html, --nroff, --help, --version > -- snip -- > The stability of the "/usr/bin/logname" command and built-in > command-line interface (including the new options) and system > variables documented in logname(1) and specified by IEEE > Std 1003.1-2008 is "Committed". > For further information/specifications see the materials/-folder. > > > #### Part 5: Enhancement of /usr/bin/mkfifo > The 5th part of this project specifies an enhancement to > /usr/bin/mkfifo based on the AT&T AST "mkfifo" command. > The AT&T AST version of the "mkfifo" utility provides support for the > following additional options found commonly in other > implementations such as GNU and BSD: > -- snip -- > --mode (same as existing "-m") > --man, --html, --nroff, --help, --version > -- snip -- > The stability of the "/usr/bin/mkfifo" command and built-in > command-line interface (including the new options) and system > variables documented in mkfifo(1) and specified by IEEE > Std 1003.1-2008 is "Committed". > For further information/specifications see the materials/-folder. > > > #### Part 6: Enhancement of /usr/bin/tail and /usr/xpg4/bin/tail > The 7th part of this project specifies an enhancement to > /usr/bin/tail and /usr/xpg4/bin/tail based on the AT&T AST "tail" > command in one command which provides both the traditional Unix > "tail" functionality and the functionality defined in IEEE Std > 1003.1-2008 plus the "historical" "-b" option. > > The AT&T AST version of the "tail" utility provides support for the > following additional options found commonly in other > implementations such as GNU and BSD: > -- snip -- > --lines (same as existing "-n") > --blocks (same as existing "-b") > --bytes (same as existing "-c") > --forever|follow (same as existing "-f") > -h, --headers > --lines (same as existing "-l") > -L, --log > -q, --quiet (GNU only, interface stability "Uncommited") > -r, --reverse (same as existing "-r") > -s, --silent > -t, --timeout > -v, --verbose > --man, --html, --nroff, --help, --version > -- snip -- > The stability of the "/usr/bin/tail" and "/usr/xpg4/bin/tail" > commands and built-in command-line interface (including the new > options) documented in tail(1) and specified by IEEE > Std 1003.1-2008 is "Committed" except for the command-line > options "-q"/"--quiet" which are "Uncommited" (following the > rule that options should only be "Commited" if there is more > than one vendor implementation which implements it) and > "-b"/"--blocks" which is now "Commited Obsolete" (IEEE Std > 1003.1-2008 now longer supports it - see > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/tail.html > This is only a documentation change, the project team has no > intention to remove the implementation for "-b"/"--blocks" in > the forseeable future). > For further information/specifications see the materials/-folder. > > > #### Part 7: Enhancement of /usr/bin/tee > The 7th part of this project specifies an enhancement to > /usr/bin/tee based on the AT&T AST "tee" command. > The AT&T AST version of the "tee" utility provides support for the > following additional options found commonly in other > implementations such as GNU and BSD: > -- snip -- > --append (same as existing -a) > --ignore-interrupts (same as existing -i) > -l, --linebuffer > --man, --html, --nroff, --help, --version > -- snip -- > Additinally the original documented limit of 13 file operands is > removed. > > The stability of the "/usr/bin/tee" command and built-in > command-line interface (including the new options) and system > variables documented in tee(1) and specified by IEEE > Std 1003.1-2008 is "Committed". > For further information/specifications see the materials/-folder. > > > # EOF. > > > 6. Resources and Schedule > 6.4. Steering Committee requested information > 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: > ON > 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack > 6.6. ARC Exposure: open > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-arc mailing list > opensolaris-arc at opensolaris.org > Irek
