Re: KSH Alignment

In message <787339cd-48e4-49bf-b96e-77aab06cedd8@FreeBSD.org>, Rodrigo 
Osorio w
rites:
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> On 23/02/24 16:54, Cy Schubert wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Would there be any interest in either replacing shells/pdksh with
> > shells/ksh as our default ksh dependency? Or Uses/ksh.mk to select a
> > default ksh for ports?
> >
> > The reason I ask is, shells/ksh has its lineage from the original AT&T ksh
> > (shells/ksh93) and is being actively developed (see shells/ksh-devel).
> > shells/ksh upstream is also the ksh imported into and used by CDE
> > (x11/cde*).
> >
> > My position is, I'd prefer a Uses/ksh.mk. If people are interested, I'm
> > willing to put this task on my todo list.
> >
> >
> Hi,
> As long as there is no compatibilities issues, having a well
> maintained ksh version makes a lot of sense.
> pdksh wasn't update for ages and afaik, has no active developer.
>
> As the shells/pdksh maintainer you have my blessing.

I'll put together a phabricator review over the next while to add 
Mk/Uses/ksh.mk. We'll probably need an exp-run too.


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