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Irek
On 2/2/09, Garrett D'Amore <gdamore at sun.com> wrote:
> +1.
>
>
> - Garrett
>
>
> Alan Hargreaves wrote:
> > I'm sponsoring this fast-track request on behalf of the
> > ksh93-integration project.
> >
> > Please note that this is an *open* case.
> >
> > Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase %I% %G% SMI
> > This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
> > 1. Introduction
> > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
> > ksh93 update 2
> > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
> > Author: Alan Hargreaves
> > 1.3 Date of This Document:
> > 01 February, 2009
> > 4. Technical Description
> >
> > The release binding is the same as with the previous ksh93 project: a
> > patch/micro release of Solaris delivering through OS/Net. Stability
> > levels are as described below.
> >
> > Additional materials (man pages and diffs) can be found in the
> > 'materials' subdirectory.
> >
> > This project is an amendment to the Korn Shell 93 Integration project
> > (PSARC/2006/550, PSARC/2006/587, PSARC/2007/035 and PSARC/2008/344)
> > specifying the following additional interfaces:
> >
> > 1) Update of ksh93 interfaces
> > 1.1) New "typeset" variable type qualifier ("-C") to declare compound
> > variables
> > 1.2) New "typeset" option "-m" to rename/move a variable
> > 1.3) New "read" option "-C" to read a variable as compound variable
> > 1.4) New "print" option "-C" to print compound variables as a
> > single line
> > 1.5) New ksh93 math functions "log10", "j0", "j1", "jn", "y0",
> > "y1", "yn"
> > 1.6) Interface stability change of the POSIX shell command language
> > parts of the ksh93 language
> >
> > 2) An enhanced version of the "cmp" utility and an identical ksh93
> > built-in command
> >
> > 3) An enhanced version of the "cut" utility and an identical ksh93
> > built-in command
> >
> > 4) An enhanced version of the "comm" utility and an identical ksh93
> > built-in command
> >
> > 5) An enhanced version of the "paste" utility and an identical ksh93
> > built-in command
> >
> > 6) The addition of /usr/bin/print
> >
> > 7) An enhanced version of the "uniq" utility and an identical ksh93
> > built-in command
> >
> > 8) An enhanced version of the "wc" utility and an identical ksh93
> > built-in command
> >
> > 9) Addition of /usr/share/doc/ksh/ for ksh93 documentation.
> >
> > 10) Enable "globstar" mode for interactive shells via /etc/ksh.kshrc
> >
> >
> > Bug/RFE Number(s):
> >
> > 6793744 RFE: Add /usr/share/doc/ksh/ for ksh93 documentation
> > 6793763 RFE: Update /usr/bin/ksh93 to ast-ksh.2009-01-14
> > 6793722 RFE: Update /usr/bin/cmp to AT&T AST "cmp"
> > 6793714 RFE: Update /usr/bin/comm to AT&T AST "comm"
> > 6793719 RFE: Update /usr/bin/cut to AT&T AST "cut"
> > 6793721 RFE: Update /usr/bin/paste to AT&T AST "paste"
> > 6793747 RFE: Provide "print" builtin as /usr/bin/print for external
> applications
> > 6793726 RFE: Update /usr/bin/uniq to AT&T AST "uniq"
> > 6793735 RFE: Update /usr/bin/wc to AT&T AST "wc"
> > 6794952 RFE: Enable "globstar" option in /etc/ksh.kshrc
> >
> >
> > Interface Stability Description
> > --------- --------- -----------
> > <POSIX Shell Command Language Commited <IEEE Std 1003.1-2008
> > part of the ksh93 language> Shell Command
> > Language>
> > /usr/bin/cmp Commited cmp command
> > /usr/bin/comm Commited comm command
> > /usr/bin/cut Commited cut command
> > /usr/bin/paste Commited paste command
> > /usr/bin/print Uncommited print command
> > /usr/bin/uniq Commited uniq command
> > /usr/bin/wc Commited wc command
> > <new C99 math function "log10"> Commited C99 math functions
> > <new C99 math function "j0"> Commited C99 math functions
> > <new C99 math function "j1"> Commited C99 math functions
> > <new C99 math function "jn"> Commited C99 math functions
> > <new C99 math function "y0"> Commited C99 math functions
> > <new C99 math function "y1"> Commited C99 math functions
> > <new C99 math function "yn"> Commited C99 math functions
> >
> > Detail
> > ======
> >
> > 1. Update of ksh93 interfaces
> > -----------------------------
> >
> > 1.1 New "typeset" variable type qualifier ("-C") to declare compound
> > variables
> >
> > The "typeset" builtin has a new option "-C" (previously declared as
> > "reserved for future usage") to declare a variable as a compound
> > variable. If value names a compound variable it will be copied to name.
> > Otherwise if the variable already exists, it will first be unset. This
> > replaces the previous implicit declaration on assignment (e.g.
> > $ typeset -C foo # instead of $ foo=() #).
> >
> > 1.2 New "typeset" option "-m" to rename/move a variable
> >
> > The "typeset" builtin has a new option "-m" to rename/move a variable.
> > This is useful to split/merge variable trees or move parts of variable
> > trees around.
> >
> > 1.3 New "read" option "-C" to read a variable as compound variable
> >
> > The "read" builtin has a new option "-C" to read the input into a
> > compound variable (this can be used to construct "record-oriented"
> > pipes).
> >
> > 1.4 New "print" option "-C" to print compound variables as a single line
> >
> > The "print" builtin has a new option "-C" to print compound variables
> > as a single line (the existing $ print -v varname # and
> > $ printf '%B\n' varname # prints a multiline, human-friendly output),
> > equivalent to $ printf "%#B\n" varname #.
> >
> > The idea is to allow compound variables to be filtered in pipelines, e.g.
> > $ ... ; while ... ; do print -C myvar done | \
> > egrep -v '.*=hasfish.*' | \
> > while read -C filtered_vars ; do \
> > ...
> > done
> >
> > 1.5 New ksh93 math functions "log10", "j0", "j1", "jn", "y0", "y1", "yn"
> >
> > Function name | Prototype | see manual page
> > ---------------+--------------------------------------+-----------------
> > log10 | float log10(float) | log10(3m)
> > j0 | float j0(float) | j0(3m)
> > j1 | float j1(float) | j1(3m)
> > jn | float jn(float) | jn(3m)
> > y0 | float y0(float) | y0(3m)
> > y1 | float y1(float) | y1(3m)
> > yn | float yn(float) | yn(3m)
> >
> >
> > (note: the datatypes "integer" and "float" refer to the "integer" and
> > "float" datatypes in ksh93 scripts, not those in the "C" language)
> >
> > 1.6 Interface stability change of the POSIX shell command language parts
> > of the ksh93 language
> >
> > The interface stabilty of POSIX shell command language parts of the
> > ksh93 language are updated from "Uncommited" to "Commited" (the
> > ksh93-specific language parts not defined in "IEEE Std 1003.1-2008
> > Shell Command Language" remain "Uncommited").
> >
> > The POSIX shell command language is described in
> > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html
> >
> > 2. Enhancement of /usr/bin/cmp
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > The second part of this project specifies an enhancement to
> > /usr/bin/cmp and based on the AT&T AST "cmp" command.
> >
> > The AT&T AST version of the "cmp" utility provides support for the
> > following additional options found commonly in other implementations
> > such as GNU and BSD:
> >
> > -c, --print-chars
> > -i, --ignore-initial=skip
> > --verbose (same as existing -l)
> > -s, --quiet|silent
> > --man, --html, --nroff, --help, --version
> >
> > The stability of the "/usr/bin/cmp" command and built-in command-line
> > interface (including the new options) is "Committed".
> >
> > For further information/specifications see the materials directory.
> >
> > 3. Enhancement of /usr/bin/cut
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > The third part of this project specifies an enhancement to /usr/bin/cut
> > and based on the AT&T AST "cut" command.
> >
> > The AT&T AST version of the "cut" utility provides support for the
> > following additional options found commonly in other implementations
> > such as GNU and BSD:
> >
> > --bytes=list (same as existing -b)
> > --characters=list (same as existing -c)
> > --delimiter=delim (same as existing -d)
> > --fields=list (same as existing -f)
> > --nosplit (same as existing -n)
> > -R|r, --reclen=reclen
> > -D, --line-delimeter|output-delimiter=ldelim
> > -N, --nonewline
> > --suppress|only-delimited (same as existing -s)
> > --man, --html, --nroff, --help, --version
> >
> > The stability of the "/usr/bin/cut" command and built-in command-line
> > interface (including the new options) is "Committed".
> >
> > For further information/specifications see the materials directory.
> >
> > 4. Enhancement of /usr/bin/comm
> > -------------------------------
> >
> > The fourth part of this project specifies an enhancement to
> > /usr/bin/comm and based on the AT&T AST "comm" command.
> >
> > The AT&T AST version of the "comm" utility provides support for the
> > following additional options found commonly in other implementations
> > such as GNU and BSD:
> >
> > --man, --html, --nroff, --help, --version
> >
> > The stability of the "/usr/bin/comm" command and built-in command-line
> > interface (including the new options) is "Committed".
> >
> > For further information/specifications see the materials directory.
> >
> > 5. Enhancement of /usr/bin/paste
> > --------------------------------
> >
> > The fifth part of this project specifies an enhancement to
> > /usr/bin/paste and based on the AT&T AST "paste" command.
> >
> > The AT&T AST version of the "paste" utility provides support for the
> > following additional options found commonly in other implementations
> > such as GNU and BSD:
> >
> > --serial (same as existing -s)
> > --delimiters=list (same as existing -d)
> > --man, --html, --nroff, --help, --version
> >
> > The stability of the "/usr/bin/paste" command and built-in command-line
> > interface (including the new options) is "Committed".
> >
> > For further information/specifications see the materials directory.
> >
> > 6. The addition of /usr/bin/print
> > ---------------------------------
> >
> > The sixth part of this project specifies a new utility called
> > "/usr/bin/print" which exposes the ksh93 builtin command "print" as
> > interface for other scripts/utilities.
> >
> > Unlike other built-in commands named in PSARC/2006/550, the "print"
> > built-in in ksh93 will _not_ be bound to the /usr/bin/ pathname to
> > ensure backwards-compatiblity to existing ksh93 scripts (for example
> > scripts running in "restricted" shell mode expect that some shell
> > builtins are available independently from the value of ${PATH}).
> >
> > The stability of the "/usr/bin/print" command and built-in command-line
> > interface and the system variables documented in print(1) is
> > "Uncommitted".
> >
> > For further information/specifications see the materials directory.
> >
> > 7. Enhancement of /usr/bin/uniq
> > -------------------------------
> >
> > The seventh part of this project specifies an enhancement to
> > /usr/bin/uniq and based on the AT&T AST "uniq" command.
> >
> > The AT&T AST version of the "uniq" utility provides support for the
> > following additional options found commonly in other implementations
> > such as GNU and BSD:
> >
> > --count (same as existing -c)
> > --repeated|duplicates (same as existing -d)
> > -D, --all-repeated[=delimit]
> > --skip-fields=fields (same as existing -f)
> > -i, --ignore-case
> > --skip-chars=chars (same as existing -s)
> > --unique (same as existing -u)
> > -w, --check-chars=chars
> > --man, --html, --nroff, --help, --version
> >
> > The stability of the "/usr/bin/uniq" command and built-in command-line
> > interface (including the new options) is "Committed".
> >
> > For further information/specifications see the materials directory.
> >
> > 8. Enhancement of /usr/bin/wc
> > -----------------------------
> >
> > The eighth part of this project specifies an enhancement to /usr/bin/wc
> > and based on the AT&T AST "wc" command.
> >
> > The AT&T AST version of the "wc" utility provides support for the
> > following additional options found commonly in other implementations
> > such as GNU and BSD:
> >
> > --lines (same as existing -l)
> > --words (same as existing -w)
> > --bytes|chars (same as existing -c)
> > --multibyte-chars (same as existing -m/-C)
> > -L, --longest-line|max-line-length
> > --man, --html, --nroff, --help, --version
> >
> > The stability of the "/usr/bin/wc" command and built-in command-line
> > interface (including the new options) is "Committed".
> >
> > For further information/specifications see the materials directory.
> >
> > 9. Addition of /usr/share/doc/ksh/
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> > The ninth part of this project specifies a new directory to store ksh's
> > documentation.
> >
> > 10. Enable "globstar" mode for interactive shells
> > -------------------------------------------------
> >
> > The tenth portion of this project specifies to enable the
> > "globstar"([1]) mode in "/etc/ksh.kshrc" for interactive ksh93 shell
> > sessions to improve end-user usabilty, similar to the default
> > configuration found on SuSE Linux and the default of bash version 3.x.
> >
> > [1]=The "globstar" mode (enabled via $ set -o globstar #) causes ** by
> > itself to also match all sub-directories during pathname expansion.
> >
> >
> > 6. Resources and Schedule
> > 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
> > 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
> > ON
> > 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
> > 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
> >
> >
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