[ITP] mksh 2.6.3 -- MirBSD Korn shell, improved pdksh implementation

Jari Aalto jari.aalto@cante.net
Tue Apr 25 09:29:00 GMT 2006


Included in 

o   Debian (testing => f'coming stable)
    http://packages.debian.org/mksh    
o   Gentoo                 
    http://packages.gentoo.org/ebuilds/?mksh-23

Jari

sdesc: "Enhanced version of the Korn shell"
ldesc: "A shell which is MirBSD enhanced version of the Public Domain
Korn shell (pdksh), a bourne-compatible shell which is largely similar to the
original AT&T Korn shell. It includes bug fixes and feature
improvements in order to produce a modern, robust shell good for
interactive and especially script use."
category: Shells
requires: cygwin

1) Manual download

  wget        \
    http://cygwin.cante.net/mksh/mksh-2.6.3-1.tar.bz2.sig \
    http://cygwin.cante.net/mksh/mksh-2.6.3-1.tar.bz2 \
    http://cygwin.cante.net/mksh/mksh-2.6.3-1-src.tar.bz2.sig \
    http://cygwin.cante.net/mksh/mksh-2.6.3-1-src.tar.bz2 \
    http://cygwin.cante.net/mksh/setup.hint

2) Automated; running "sh get.sh" will print further instructions

  gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 955A92D8

  mkdir mksh ; cd mksh
  rm -f get.sh get.sh.sig
  wget    http://cygwin.cante.net/mksh/get.sh \
          http://cygwin.cante.net/mksh/get.sh.sig
  gpg --verify get.sh.sig get.sh &&
  sh get.sh



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