On 8/18/07, William James <williamjamesgnusolaris at gmail.com> wrote: > ksh93 is now available in Opensolaris: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: April Chin <April.Chin at sun.com> > Date: Aug 17, 2007 9:39 PM > Subject: [osol-announce] Korn Shell 93 > To: opensolaris-announce at opensolaris.org > Cc: april.chin at sun.com > > > Thanks to the tireless efforts of OpenSolaris contributor > Roland Mainz, the Korn Shell 93 project has completed its > initial integration into build 72. > > The putback of: > PSARC/2006/550 Korn Shell 93 Integration > PSARC/2006/587 /etc/ksh.kshrc for ksh93 > PSARC/2007/035 ksh93 Amendments > 6437624 RFE: Add ksh93 (as /usr/bin/ksh93) and libshell.so > to OS/Net > 6505835 AST tools and library (libpp) required for creating > l10n messages for ksh93 > adds ksh93 as /usr/bin/ksh93 to OpenSolaris. The putback is > "self contained" and should affect nothing else beyond > adding ksh93. > > > Notes > ----- > * This putback is only the first of a longer serious of putbacks > which will introduce ksh93 and related features incrementally into > OpenSolaris. > > * The putback introduces an _alpha_ version of ksh93s+ (which means > "ksh" based on spec from 1993, version "s+") which has some minor > bugs which are going to be fixed with the follow-up putbacks > (See > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ksh93-integration-discuss/2007-June/005485 > .html > for a list of known bugs.). > > * /usr/bin/ksh93 comes in 32-bit and 64-bit flavors; an appropriate > variant will be selected automatically via "isaexec". > > * Usability: > - This putback enables the "gmacs" editor/input mode by default, > e.g. cursor keys, <TAB><TAB> filename/variable completion etc. > should work "out of the box" (see PSARC/2006/587 for further > information about standards conformance). Additionally a > <number><TAB> after <TAB><TAB> will select item <number> from > the list of choices generated by <TAB><TAB> (assuming there were > multiple choices). > - <ctrl-l> will refresh the current edit line, <esc><ctrl-l> will > clear the terminal screen (like /usr/bin/clear or bash's <ctrl-l>). > - "Multiline" editor mode may be enabled using $ set -o multiline # > but may not work on all platforms (like SPARC). > - For more information consult the manual page. > > * The ksh93(1) manual page will be integrated into a subsequent Nevada > build. If you have the source, you may look at > usr/src/lib/libshell/common/sh.1 or use the man page from the original > ARC case (see > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/caselog/2006/550/materials/manpages/ > ksh93-1-new/). > > * The build has a switch to install ksh93 as /usr/bin/ksh. Building > OS/Net using > $ export ON_BUILD_KSH93_AS_BINKSH=1 > $ make setup > $ dmake install > will install ksh93 as /usr/bin/ksh and adjust libc.so.1 to use a > ksh93-compatible version of |libc::wordexp()|. > WARNING: Please contact the project team for more information if you > are a distribution maintainer and wish to use this feature. > > * Demo code/"Easter-eggs": > - PacMan clone: > $ ksh93 /usr/demo/ksh/fun/gnaw > - Mandelbrot demo: > $ ksh93 /usr/demo/ksh/fun/mandelbrotset1 > - Analog tty clock: > $ ksh93 /usr/demo/ksh/fun/termclock > - Extra builtin commands (poll, open, close, dup, tmpfile, stat, > rewind) can be enabled. The --man option to the builtin command > will produce manpage documentation. > For example, for the "poll" builtin: > $ builtin -f libshell.so.1 poll > $ poll --man > > * Further information and notes can be found on the ksh93-integration > project homepage at http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/ > > > Reporting bugs/problems/rants > ----------------------------- > If you encounter any difficulties which you believe may be related to > this putback, please direct all rants/flames in Roland's > (roland.mainz at nrubsig.org) or April's (april.chin at sun.com) direction, > the ksh93-integration mailinglist (see > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ksh93-integration-discuss ; > please subscribe before posting), or http://bugs.opensolaris.org/ > (Product/Category/Subcategory "solaris/shell/korn93").
Many thanks for bringing ksh93 to the Solaris universe! Holger
