April Chin wrote: > > On 7/28/06, April Chin <April.Chin at eng.sun.com> wrote: > > > I would prefer any proposed /usr/bin/sh migration be a follow-up > > > to /usr/bin/ksh migration. Changing /usr/bin/sh may prove more difficult > but > > > then again the /usr/bin/ksh work may pave the way. > > OK > > > > But I'd like to propose the creation of a script which allows root to > > switch the shell versions of /bin/ksh between ksh88 and ksh93. In my > > opinion it would be the perfect compromise. > > Well, maybe, but supporting such a switching script means all > scripts starting with > #!/bin/ksh must remain portable between ksh88 and ksh93. > And scripts which want to use new ksh93 features will > need to start with #!/bin/ksh93. I suppose that will happen > anyway after /usr/bin/ksh93 gets integrated, but I don't necessarily > want to reinforce that behavior after ksh93 migrates to /usr/bin/ksh. > Ultimately, I think we want to try to obsolete ksh88, and > a switching script could end up being a crutch that prohibits the > full migration to ksh93.
Originally the idea of a "switch script" sounded nice - but I fully agree with April that this may likely generate more problems than neccesary... :-) ---- Bye, Roland -- __ . . __ (o.\ \/ /.o) roland.mainz at nrubsig.org \__\/\/__/ MPEG specialist, C&&JAVA&&Sun&&Unix programmer /O /==\ O\ TEL +49 641 7950090 (;O/ \/ \O;)
