in ksh93 non-special builtin binding is done via PATH search
by maniplating the PATH a non-privileged user can insert dirs
ahead of the builtin binding dir -- so it just becomes a problem
of setting up the PATH dir order to suit individual needs,
even to the point of bypassing all non-special bui
Chris Pickett wrote:
> First at all you do not go through fork() and be a lot faster.
>
> Second you do not have ARG_MAX and other process-based limitations,
> e.g. the list and size of arguments passed to builtin commands and
> shell functions is only limited by memory (thank again Roland for
>
On 03/29/2010 07:18 PM, John Plocher wrote:
The architectural point is that the user/admin needs control of things
like this; with ksh93 builtins, they have that ability (i.e., they can
turn builtins off...) and update binutils packages and the like.
I'm suggesting that with better architecture
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Nicolas Williams
wrote:
> If you replace programs delivered by Solaris itself they you've rendered
> your system unsupportable and, indeed, we will not support it.
That may be true of Oracle's commercial Solaris Product, but we are
talking about OpenSolaris here.
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 05:02:45PM +, Jeremy Harris wrote:
> Unfortunately, the cache invalidation and/or reload is also the latter
> time. I think this is a mistake. If I, with suitable permissions, cannot
> replace the binary of a utility in the filesystem of my system and
> get the expecte
On 03/27/2010 03:39 PM, Chris Pickett wrote:
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Darren J Moffat
wrote:
What benefit does this case bring ?
First at all you do not go through fork() and be a lot faster.
The intent appears to be better performance; generally a good thing.
I'm concerned about t
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Darren J Moffat
wrote:
> Maybe I don't understand enough about ksh93 (since I'm a zsh user for
> interactive shell work) but I don't understand what this case is about.
>
> What benefit does this case bring ?
First at all you do not go through fork() and be a lot
