Bug#687779: Bug#679966: ksh: diff for NMU version 93u+-1.1
On 13 Oct, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote:
>
> I've prepared an NMU for ksh (versioned as 93u+-1.1) and
> uploaded it to DELAYED/00. Please feel free to tell me if I
> should delay it longer.
While this addresses the direct issue that bug #679966 concerns, the cd
builtin was broken in various ways in that release and I don't think it
goes far enough. For example, cd /etc;cd .. leaves you in /etc. That's a
grave bug as essential scripts could be broken. If you want to dig into
the upstream changes feel free but it'd be hard to avoid breaking things
or leaving other subtle cd issues unresolved. In my opinion, it would be
better if the debian release goes out with either the old squeeze release
(93s+20080202-1) or 93u+20120628-1 (which was only bug fixes).
I was away last week so sorry for not having got back to you sooner. Even
so, a bit of notice of your intentions would have been nice.
Note that I have put the ksh package up for adoption.
Oliver Kiddle
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