Bug 488798 - make ksh use 'alternatives'
Summary: make ksh use 'alternatives'
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: ksh
Version: 5.4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Michal Hlavinka
QA Contact: BaseOS QE
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Blocks: 469297
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-03-05 19:15 UTC by Michal Hlavinka
Modified: 2010-03-14 21:30 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
The ksh package now includes 'alternatives' which allows ksh switching with PDKSH. This feature allows users to switch between the ksh-93 and ksh-88 shells and to port ksh-88 scripts to ksh-93.
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2009-09-02 09:11:35 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2009:1256 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE ksh bug fix update 2009-09-01 09:05:54 UTC

Description Michal Hlavinka 2009-03-05 19:15:40 UTC
Description of problem:
PDKSH is new package for 5.4. It's going to use alternatives fot switching ksh (ksh93 and ksh88). This will allow customers to use both ksh shells and port ksh88 scripts to ksh93.

Comment 3 Ruediger Landmann 2009-05-19 06:08:06 UTC
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New Contents:
The ksh package now includes 'alternatives' which allows ksh switching with PDKSH. This feature allows users to switch between the ksh-93 and ksh-88 shells and to port ksh-88 scripts to ksh-93.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2009-09-02 09:11:35 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-1256.html


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