Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 11:53:12 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> To: Robert Clausecker <fuz@fuz.su> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Importing mksh in base Message-ID: <201901251953.x0PJrCpQ004492@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Robert Clausecker <fuz@fuz.su> of "Fri, 25 Jan 2019 20:35:25 %2B0100." <20190125193525.GA74966@fuz.su>
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In message <20190125193525.GA74966@fuz.su>, Robert Clausecker writes: > On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 09:12:58AM -0800, Cy Schubert wrote: > > Why not ksh93 instead? It is the original and authoritative Korn > > shell. EPL is compatible with the BSD license. Personally, I've been > > toying with the idea of importing ksh93 for a while now. > > Note that ksh93 comes with a builtin user land from AT&T which should > behave quite a bit differently from the FreeBSD userland. So unless we > want to maintain two slightly different userlands (one of which needs to > be maintained in conflict with upstream), that has to be torn out, which > kills one of the performance advantages of ksh93. Oh really? Explain please. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.
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