I. Szczesniak wrote:
> On 6/7/07, Peter Memishian <peter.memishian at sun.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Looks like it was part of UNIX2003/SUSv3 compliance in Solaris 10:
>> > http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4763915
>> >
>> > In which case, -p would still be needed for any scripts that could
>> ever be run
>> > on pre-S10 releases.
>>
>> Indeed. So coming back around to Roland's write-up: I think it should
>> recommend -p.
>
> Why recommend a switch which is no longer needed in Solaris >= 10 for
> /bin/ksh and /bin/ksh93?
Because it does no harm there, and prevents massive harm on older releases,
which we know millions of people are still using.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
