On 6/21/08, Chris Pickett <pkchris at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> On 6/19/08, Roland Mainz <roland.mainz at nrubsig.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > ----
> >
> > 2008-06-17: ksh93 update tarballs for Solaris Nevada+Indiana
> >
> > These tarballs are intended to be installed over an existing OpenSolaris
> > >= B84 i386 or SPARC installation and provide ksh93t-_20080614 and match
> PSARC/2008/094 ("ksh93 Update 1" ;
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/caselog/2008/094)/ +
> PSARC/2008/344 ("ksh93 Integration Update 1 Amendments 1" ;
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/caselog/2008/344/)
> >
> > Note that the binaries are provided for testing and evaluation purposes
> > ONLY.
> >
> > Please report any problems/errors/bugs/comments to the ksh93-integration
> > project bugzilla[5] or the ksh93-integration mailinglist[4] (please
> > subscribe before posting).
> >
> >
> > ** Highlights of this release:
> > - /etc/ksh.kshrc now sets a default prompt for interactive sessions
> > (see NOTES below)
> >
> > - Many bugfixes, primarily focussing on stability, improved error
> > checking, performance and fixing support for large, complex
> > variable trees.
> >
> > - Many closed-source binaries are replaced with opensource versions
> >
> > - The shell script compiler "shcomp" is now included
> >
> > - Many new demos including:
> > - "crawlsrccomments" (two-phased source code comment+license
> > extrator which uses serialised variable trees for
> > storage+caching)
> > - "filemutexdemo1" (demo to show ksh93's new type system and
> > an implementation of filesystem-based read/write locks)
> > - "multifollow" (poll(1) demo which run multiple "tail -f")
> > - "shnote" (utility to read/write pastebin.ca)
> > - "shtwitter" (access twitter.com service and push blog
> > entries)
> > - "shpiano" (audio demo)
> > - "shtinyurl" (tool to generate short tinyurl.com URLs)
> > - "svcproptree1" (SMF demo)
> > - "test_net_sctp" (SCTP demo)
> > - "shman" (early prototype of a /usr/bin/man rewrite)
> > - "xmldocumenttree1" (XML parser demo)
> > ... and much more...
> >
> >
> > ** Install instructions:
> >
> > 1. Download the tarball:
> > + i386/AMD64:
> >
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/downloads/ksh93_integration_20080617_snapshot_i386.tar.bz2
> > + SPARC:
> >
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/downloads/ksh93_integration_20080617_snapshot_sparc.tar.bz2
> > 2. Verify the MD5 checksum:
> > + i386/AMD64: MD5
> > (ksh93_integration_20080617_snapshot_i386.tar.bz2)=
> > efce5d0f4417b7d5579370c4c14280b7
> > + SPARC: MD5
> > (ksh93_integration_20080617_snapshot_sparc.tar.bz2)=
> > 247ecbcfd962e24d115b033c97437ab3
> > 3. Login as user "root":
> > 4. Change directory to / and unpack the tarball with /usr/bin/tar
> > using the "xvof" option ("o" is very important to set the file
> > ownership to "root")
> >
> > * Example for i386/AMD64:
> >
> > $ cd /tmp
> > $ wget
> >
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/downloads/ksh93_integration_20080617_snapshot_i386.tar.bz2
> > $ /usr/sfw/bin/openssl md5 \
> > ksh93_integration_20080617_snapshot_i386.tar.bz2
> > MD5(ksh93_integration_20080617_snapshot_i386.tar.bz2)=
> > efce5d0f4417b7d5579370c4c14280b7
> > # cd /
> > # sync ; sync
> > # bzcat </tmp/ksh93_integration_20080617_snapshot_i386.tar.bz2 |
> > tar -xvof -
> > # sync ; sync
> >
> > * Example for SPARC:
> >
> > $ cd /tmp
> > $ wget
> >
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/downloads/ksh93_integration_20080617_snapshot_sparc.tar.bz2
> > $ /usr/sfw/bin/openssl md5 \
> > ksh93_integration_20080617_snapshot_sparc.tar.bz2
> > MD5(ksh93_integration_20080617_snapshot_sparc.tar.bz2)=
> > 247ecbcfd962e24d115b033c97437ab3
> > # cd /
> > # sync ; sync
> > # bzcat </tmp/ksh93_integration_20080617_snapshot_sparc.tar.bz2 |
> > tar -xvof -
> > # sync ; sync
> >
> >
> > ** Notes:
> >
> > * This tarball matches ksh93t- (=ast-ksh.2008-06-14) with many
> > many changes since the last version. Please test the binaries
> > extensively.
> > * The binaries now are build from a B84-based tree and require
> > SXCR B84 or higher
> > * Sources/diffs/webrevs:
> > + The diffs between Solaris Nevada B84 and the current
> > ksh93-integration tree can be obtained via
> > $ svn diff -r 974:1122
> > svn://svn.genunix.org/on/branches/ksh93/gisburn/prototype011/usr #
> > or as unified diff
> >
> (http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/downloads/svn_genunix_org_on_branches_ksh93_gisburn_prototype011_rev_974_1122.diff.txt
> > ; 4.5MB, MD5 checksum is
> > 2bfe00f5552bd0ef97d4f19feb7d5727).
> > * /etc/ksh.kshrc now sets a default prompt (PS1) which contains
> > <username>@<hostname>:<current_directory>$<blank> for normal
> > users and <username>@<hostname>:<current_directory>#<blank> for
> > user "root"; the prompt length itself is limited to ~~20
> > characters to ensure it only occupies 1/4 of a standard 80x24
> > terminal window.
>
>
> Previous releases used multiple lines when editing lines that are
> longer than the window width. Why is it no longer the default?
File a bug. /etc/ksh.kshrc has the line set -o multiline commented out again.
>
> Chris
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Jenny
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