Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 22:53:38 +0200 From: Matthias Buelow <mkb@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> To: Joe Kelsey <joek@mail.flyingcroc.net> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/39198: sh aborts on variables with periods Message-ID: <3D07B4D2.6090407@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> References: <200206122010.g5CKA3L09165@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Joe Kelsey wrote: > zsh, but I will keep it in mind. I just want to separate generic ksh > from /bin/sh, and RANDOM should do that. The check for KSH_VERSION > fails in ksh93 since they went to the .sh.version parameter and dropped > KSH_VERSION completely, a real killer. You might be confusing pdksh (the public domain ksh clone) with ksh88, since KSH_VERSION is a pdksh-only artifact (ksh88 has neither KSH_VERSION, nor .sh.version). But you're right, for just distinguishing it from sh, checking RANDOM would suffice. --mkb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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