David Korn <dgk at research.att.com> wrote:

> cc:  james.d.carlson at sun.com
> Subject: Re: Re: [ksh93-integration-discuss] Re: Patch to introduce "oksh" to 
>  OS/Net
> --------
>
> Could someone explain the problem with libc/wordexp() that requires
> the old ksh?
>
> Why not just modify libc/wordexp() so that is uses the new ksh?
> The ast version of worexp() uses ksh93.  Why can't libc/wordexp()
> use the same method?

See:
http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/lib/libc/port/regex/wordexp.c

wordexp() currently calls /bin/ksh -^E (0x05)

J?rg

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