- Issued:
- 2009-09-02
- Updated:
- 2009-09-02
RHEA-2009:1245 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
New package: pdksh
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
A new pdksh package which provides a public domain implementation of the
ksh-88 interactive and shell-scripting language is now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The Public Domain Korn SHell implements the ksh-88 programming language for
both interactive and shell script use.
This new pdksh package provides an alternative to ksh (ksh-93) for backward
compatibility. It is also useful in situations where customers would like
to port their scripts from ksh-88 to ksh-93.
Important: the pdksh package can be installed alongside the ksh package on
the same system, thus providing both ksh-88 and ksh-93 Korn shell
implementations. The "alternatives" utility can be used to switch between
them. To set or change the ksh implementation, enter the following at the
shell prompt as the root user:
alternatives --config ksh
You will then be prompted for the ksh implementation you prefer to use. On
systems which have the ksh package installed, ksh-93 will be the default
implementation unless this is changed by using "alternatives", or unless
the ksh package is uninstalled and the pdksh package is installed.
The "#!/bin/ksh" bang line at the top of Korn shell scripts causes the ksh
implementation selected in "alternatives", which is ksh-93 by default, to
run that script. To force scripts to run with the correct ksh
implementation despite which Korn shell implementation is selected in
"alternatives", employ the following bang lines:
for ksh-88: the first line of the script should read "#!/bin/pdksh"
for ksh-93: the first line of the script should read"#!/bin/ksh93"
All users requiring pdksh should install this newly-released package, which
adds this enhancement.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5555d6672f572fdb914763c313f26b87d41378867a24f729c028a59e319a1074 |
x86_64 | |
pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 67a31e960af959054b0335421fd955b04fbb237ba5394d5857148f63984e2769 |
ia64 | |
pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: d9b93bac2fb7ac76312be77c10fb136b5e8c0a5e4383941c198cbd58512f14e2 |
i386 | |
pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dacf446e1910b091160d4544d0ed67789095b53e3b75b42a761032a8bd1581ed |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5555d6672f572fdb914763c313f26b87d41378867a24f729c028a59e319a1074 |
x86_64 | |
pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 67a31e960af959054b0335421fd955b04fbb237ba5394d5857148f63984e2769 |
i386 | |
pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dacf446e1910b091160d4544d0ed67789095b53e3b75b42a761032a8bd1581ed |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5555d6672f572fdb914763c313f26b87d41378867a24f729c028a59e319a1074 |
x86_64 | |
pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 67a31e960af959054b0335421fd955b04fbb237ba5394d5857148f63984e2769 |
i386 | |
pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dacf446e1910b091160d4544d0ed67789095b53e3b75b42a761032a8bd1581ed |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5555d6672f572fdb914763c313f26b87d41378867a24f729c028a59e319a1074 |
s390x | |
pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: b867407579a9feae2cb5c036cbf400e7198a40656781c613b23dedb2e06a623d |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5555d6672f572fdb914763c313f26b87d41378867a24f729c028a59e319a1074 |
ppc | |
pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 51a737894e6a0ac6a66c1c2987c23452c93ceea622f361e3df2e08750124b60b |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5555d6672f572fdb914763c313f26b87d41378867a24f729c028a59e319a1074 |
x86_64 | |
pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 67a31e960af959054b0335421fd955b04fbb237ba5394d5857148f63984e2769 |
i386 | |
pdksh-5.2.14-36.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dacf446e1910b091160d4544d0ed67789095b53e3b75b42a761032a8bd1581ed |
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