From: michael@gandalf.moria (Michael Haardt) Subject: Re: anyone wants pdksh? Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1992 00:37:14 +0100
In article <9211191752.35@rmkhome.UUCP>, rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
> In article <1992Nov19.000134.4950@serval.net.wsu.edu> hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu) writes:
>>I have made pdksh 4.7 for sun. If anyone wants it, I can try to
>>make it for LInux.
>
> Do be aware that PD ksh is less sh compatible than bash. To see test results,
> run the test suite for GNU egrep with PD ksh as your shell. The suite has
> 119 tests. It will fail 60 tests with PD ksh and passes all with bash.
If this is related to the pdksh I once used with Minix, then run for
your life. It is better than nothing, but that's all ... On Linux we
already have bash, which offers more ksh compatibility as the pdksh I
once used.
Michael