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Re: astksh review
Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
Chuck,
While I concede your point about the gift horse, I was NOT trying to get
Karsten to change any of the build procedures by my comment, or even
request that the configure script be augmented (a wistful comment was
made, and I apologize if I stepped on people's toes).
My comments were not addressed (soley) to you. There were a number of
rather petulant "why don't you do it THIS way" comments concerning
ast-ksh. Yours was the one lucky enough to take out my last, weakened,
nerve -- so you got both barrels.
But it was loaded with birdshot, so the marks should fade in a few days. :-)
What I did adamantly vote AGAINST is deprecating the pdksh package. As
long as both packages are allowed to coexist (and the user can select
which one he/she wants to use), I'm happy.
Agreed. It's all about choice.
And since both postinstall scripts should check to see if a ksh symlink
already exists before creating one, they shouldn't step on each others
toes too much.
However, if Joe User has pdksh installed and wants to "upgrade"(?) to
ast-ksh, he'll have to do two steps: use setup to download and install
the ast-ksh package, and then MANUALLY create the ksh symlink.
Because ast-ksh won't clobber pdksh's pre-existing link. And vice versa.
This could become a FAQ, unfortunately...but I don't see any way around
it. Perhaps Karsten's official announcement, when he gets to that
point, could include the appropriate instructions in big friendly letters?
<begin quote>
Because both pdksh and ast-ksh provide ksh-like functionality, each
package creates a link so that /usr/bin/ksh points to the "real" binary,
whether pdksh.exe or ast-ksh.exe. However, the two packages are
well-behaved -- they will NOT overwrite a pre-existing link. SO, if you
install both packages, you should MANUALLY check that /usr/bin/ksh
points to the binary you wish to use as the default ksh. If not, you'll
need to correct that MANUALLY. To make ast-ksh the 'default' ksh, do this:
cd /usr/bin/
rm -f ksh
ln -fs ast-ksh.exe ksh
To make pdksh the 'default' ksh, do this
cd /usr/bin/
rm -f ksh
ln -fs pdksh.exe ksh
<end quote>
And perhaps the pdksh maintainer could include similar text each time
s/he releases a new version?
--Chuck