pdksh package proposal (AT&T ksh93 info)

[Nicholas Wourms]

jbuehler@hekimian.com wrote:
> Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> 
>> No problem...I was waiting to see if the AT&T ksh would crop up so 
>> jumped at
>> the chance when I saw yours and Igor's message :-)
> 
> 
> I have a script to build the AT&T ksh93 if you want to work on beating 
> it into
> package form.  We use ksh93 and some other things for a build system where
> I work, and it has been running quite well.  I am busy enough with 
> Cygwin emacs
> stuff as it is, and have no time for working on a ksh93 package.
> 
> I also have an email from the ksh authors with the conditions for 
> releasing a
> Cygwin package for ksh93.  I don't think there was anything 
> objectionable --
> they just want patches fed back to them and that sort of thing.
> 
> ksh is actually part of a UNIX portability framework that includes all 
> sorts of
> other things, both commands and libraries.  But you don't need most of the
> other stuff if you just want to package ksh.

Yes, please do considier using the "real" thing.  David Korn 
has, on numerous instances, pointed out that pdksh does not 
fully comply with Korn Shell standards, and thus may not be 
fully compatible.  As you'll note from the change logs on 
the website, he's done much work recently to get it to work 
properly within Cygwin's framework.  I think it should be a 
considieration for the Korn purists out there :-).  Any 
volunteers?

In case he's listening... Karsten, now would be the time to 
speak up.  [For those that don't know, he was working on 
ksh93 packages about 9 months ago...]

Cheers,
Nicholas