On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:10:47 +0100 Gunnar Ritter wrote: > Also, looking at the long list of bug fixes and changes in recent > versions of ksh93: Yes, there are many fixes indeed, but when can > one expect a stable release? Issues like
> 05-09-15 A for/while loop optimizer bug in which $OPTIND was not > correctly expanded has been fixed. > 05-06-24 A race condition which could cause the exit status to get lost > on some fast systems has been fixed. > do not really make me trust in the stability of ksh93. many of the fixes in the RELEASE files must be taken in context for example, the race condition bug came from a user with many large scripts that fork many processes over a span of weeks are we (non-sun) privy to the solaris ksh88 bug list and current outstanding bugs? how about a wc for quick comparison?
