Control: tags -1 patch Hi, I used your proposed text to write a patch. I hope I put it in the right section of the RN (issues). Baptiste
--- svn.debian.org/manuals/release-notes/en/issues.dbk 2013-04-01 18:45:14.000000000 +0200 +++ issues-mksh-bj.dbk 2013-04-01 19:12:05.000000000 +0200 @@ -186,4 +186,44 @@ </section> +<!--Wheezy--> +<section id="mksh"> + <title>Pdksh to mksh transition</title> + + <para> + The Public Domain Korn Shell (<systemitem role="package">pdksh</systemitem>) + package is being retired for the release after &releasename;, since + <command>pdksh</command> is no longer maintained and has last seen active + development in 1999. + </para> + <para> + The MirBSD Korn Shell (<systemitem role="package">mksh</systemitem>) + package contains its successor. In &debian; &releasename;, + <systemitem role="package">pdksh</systemitem> is a transitional package + using a variant of <systemitem role="package">mksh</systemitem> built with + special compatibility options to provide a <command>pdksh</command> binary + symlink, to give everyone time to check and, if necessary, adopt any + scripts to run with <command>mksh</command> instead; the compatibility + binary behaves a bit more like <command>pdksh</command> in some areas + where mksh or the POSIX standard on the shell have evolved but still + contains bugfixes that may break your scripts if they make use of the bugs + fixed. +</para> +<para> + However, the compatibility binary is not suitable for interactive + use, so as system administrator, please change the login and/or + interactive shells of users that use <command>pdksh</command> to + <command>mksh</command> and suggest to copy + <filename>/etc/skel/.mkshrc</filename> into their home directories, + otherwise they will find themselves unable to do things like tab completion. + You can do that before the upgrade already, for minimum service + interruption, by manually installing the + <systemitem role="package">mksh</systemitem> package then switching + everyone over to it, or defer this to after the upgrade, at which point + <command>/bin/pdksh</command> will no longer be listed in + <filename>/etc/shells</filename> though. + </para> + +</section> + </chapter>
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