On 8/7/07, Chris Pickett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/6/07, Josh Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 8/6/07, I. Szczesniak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On 8/6/07, Richard Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Roland's current work is to integrate ksh93 as ksh93.  He also has a
> > > > build flag to build it as 'ksh'.
> > >
> > > I hope Indiana is going to set this build flag to 'ksh' by default.
> >
> > +1
>
> +1
>
> I think we have a bigger problem than /bin/ksh: Does Indiana or
> Opensolaris want to address the problem that Opensolaris still uses
> the original bourne shell as /bin/sh? Most modern Unices use either
> bash or ksh as /bin/sh, creating porting problems for Opensolaris
> developers because basics like functions with separate scope, arrays
> or $() aren't working in scripts and makefiles. This really needs to
> be a top priority.

+1

Josh
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