Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 18:43:23 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, obrien@NUXI.com, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/chown Makefile Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912191830220.6505-100000@alphplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <19991214172511.U868@holly.calldei.com>
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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Chris Costello wrote: > On Wed, Dec 15, 1999, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: [rgrimes wrote:] > > >printf is _NOT_ a borne shell builtin, so you'll also need /usr/bin/printf, > > >used extensivly in MAKEDEV. > > > > Then make ksh the default shell and use print. We're probably one of > > the last ones to use a bourne shell as default sh. We use a POSIX sh, as is required by POSIX.2. >... > However, there are two very real problems with using ksh as > the default shell and using print: > > - Print is not the same thing as /usr/bin/printf. (However, > as of AT&T KSH93, printf is a shell builtin. Get AT&T to > let us distribute that one.) There are no problems using printf with the standard sh. printf has been a sh builtin since sh/builtins.def rev.1.3 (1996/10/01). Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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