I am very much looking forward to seeing a new ksh in CDE
Thank you for your time, -Chase ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On June 10, 2018 6:22 PM, Jon Trulson <j...@radscan.com> wrote: > > > On 06/10/2018 12:53 PM, Marcin Cieslak wrote: > > > On Sun, 8 Jun 2018, Ulrich Wilkens wrote: > > > > > On 06/10/18 03:29, Brent Busby wrote: > > > > > > > Jon Trulson j...@radscan.com writes: > > > > > > > > > On 06/09/2018 05:40 PM, Chase via cdesktopenv-devel wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Also, requiring ksh to build is a bit of a fault point for many > > [...] > > > > But the first systems are starting to remove ksh93 package from their > > > > > > official distribution. > > > > > > I've seen it on NetBSD and Arch Linux. So it might become a problem > > > > > > in future. > > > > I took over the maintenance of ksh93 for FreeBSD and I have no intention > > > > of dropping it, unless somebody knowing ksh93 internals wants to take over > > > > of course. One reason I took it over was my interest in getting > > > > newer ksh93 into CDE. > > I would love to see this. :) > > > There is a revived effort by RedHat maintainers and Kurtis Rader at > > > > https://github.com/att/ast > > > > They have switched the build system to Meson (it's fast now) and applied > > > > some patches (some of them I am not sure are good), so right now > > > > I am just cherry picking good stuff into my "unofficial" release. > > > > The latest is here https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211164 > > > > - you are welcome to test. > > > > It should build mostly fine on FreeBSD 10.x, 11.x and -CURRENT. > > > > It is not working on arm64 platform due to lack of sbrk() C library > > function. > > > > Users of other OS's may just download my distfiles and try to build them by > > hand: > > > > https://distfile.net/local-ports-distfiles/INIT.2014-12-24.tgz > > > > https://distfile.net/local-ports-distfiles/ast-ksh.2018-05-20.tgz > > > > The magic command to build it is > > > > ./bin/package make > > > > > > ksh93 is embeddable, this means you can build four shared libraries > > > > (sadly most packagers don't) and just use it any C program (just like tcl): > > > > #include <shell.h> > > > > #include <nval.h> > > > > int main(int argc, char *argv[]) > > > > { > > > > Namval_t *np; > > > > Sfdouble_t res; > > > > Shell_t *shp = sh_init(argc, argv, 0); > > sh_trap(shp, "((xresult=$0*$1))", 0); > > > > np = nv_open("xresult", shp->var_tree, 0); > > res = nv_getnum(np); > > sfprintf(sfstderr,"%Lg\n", res); > > nv_close(np); > > > > return(0); > > > > > > } > > > > Here's BSDmakefile to build it: > > > > PROG=embed > > > > KSHDIST=${HOME}/sw/ast/arch/freebsd10.amd64 > > > > CFLAGS+=-I$(KSHDIST)/include/ast > > > > LDFLAGS+=-L$(KSHDIST)/lib -Wl,-rpath=$(KSHDIST)/lib -last -lshell -ldll > > -lcmd > > > > .include <bsd.prog.mk> > > > > It seems that dtksh is just a couple of object files > > > > that are linked with those 3 (or currently 4) shared libraries, > > > > plus it uses ksh93.o files from the main distribution. > > Yes, exactly. dtksh builds ksh93 (it's own version) and then adds some > > stuff to become dtksh. > > > As a minimum, it should be possible to upgrade ksh93 in the CDE tree > > > > - this could be done right now based on the above release. > > I look forward to a patch! :) Seriously, this would be awesome. > > > Long term it might possible to use ksh93 installed in the system > > > > as the dependency, provided include files, libraries, and ksh93.o > > > > will be provided. > > And OS packagers maintain it... > > -jon > > > Marcin > > > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > > > cdesktopenv-devel mailing list > > > > cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel > > -- > > Jon Trulson > > "Fire all weapons and open a hailing frequency for my victory yodle." > > - Zapp Brannigan > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > cdesktopenv-devel mailing list > > cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ cdesktopenv-devel mailing list cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel
