Bug 152125 - RFE: Consider dropping pdksh from Suse/opensuse distribution
Summary: RFE: Consider dropping pdksh from Suse/opensuse distribution
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Basesystem (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Enhancement
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Assignee: Dr. Werner Fink
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Reported: 2006-02-20 00:10 UTC by Martin Schaffstall
Modified: 2006-02-23 11:50 UTC (History)
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Description Martin Schaffstall 2006-02-20 00:10:16 UTC 
RFE: Consider dropping pdksh from Suse/opensuse distribution

Justification:
- Suse already ships the official korn shell from AT&T (ksh 93)
- pdksh is no longer under active development
- pdksh only implements a subset of ksh88 and almost none of the ksh93 features - installing it as /bin/ksh results in serious portability issues when people expect a real korn shell there
- pdksh is damn buggy and crashes often when used as login shell
- The pdksh package wastes valueable space on the DVD/CDROMs
Comment 1 Michael Gross 2006-02-20 10:42:39 UTC 
The maintainer should decide.
Comment 2 Dr. Werner Fink 2006-02-23 11:50:41 UTC 
NO, we will NOT drop the pdksh.  The pdksh is currently the only
ksh-like shell with an absolute free license. The license model
of the original ksh forbids e.g. linkage with GPL programs.