Source: mksh Section: shells Priority: optional Maintainer: Thorsten Glaser Homepage: http://mirbsd.de/mksh # We build-depend on dietlibc-dev, libklibc-dev, musl-tools for mksh-static # and link it against glibc if neither is usable for a given architecture. # The meat checks actual shell usability based on the architecture, whether # we are in paranoid (just before the freeze/release) mode, and whether the # testsuite is run to determine bad builds. Really, do run the testsuite! # (Even then, versioned B-D may be used to remove known bogus versions.) # # Crossbuilding note: you can amend dietlibc-dev, libklibc-dev and # musl-tools, except the package contents will change (same with nocheck), # so I don’t do it as the spec forbids that. # Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), file, # # libc variants to link against dietlibc-dev [alpha amd64 arm arm64 armeb armel armhf hppa i386 ia64 mips mips64el mipsel powerpc powerpcspe ppc64 ppc64el s390 s390x sparc sparc64 x32], libklibc-dev [alpha amd64 arm64 armel armhf hppa i386 ia64 loong64 m68k mips mips64el mipsel powerpc powerpcspe ppc64 ppc64el riscv64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x32], musl-tools [amd64 arm64 armel armhf i386 loong64 m68k mips mips64el mipsel ppc64el riscv64 s390x sh4], # # to run the testsuite bsdextrautils, ed Standards-Version: 4.7.0 Rules-Requires-Root: no VCS-git: https://evolvis.org/anonscm/git/alioth/mksh.git -b master VCS-Browser: https://evolvis.org/plugins/scmgit/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=alioth/mksh.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/master Package: mksh Architecture: any Multi-Arch: foreign Built-Using: ${mksh:L-B-U} Static-Built-Using: ${mksh:S-B-U} Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends} Recommends: ed Description: MirBSD Korn Shell mksh is the successor of the Public Domain Korn shell (pdksh), a Bourne/POSIX compatible shell which is largely similar to the original AT&T Korn Shell (ksh88/ksh93). It includes bug fixes and feature improvements, in order to produce a modern, robust shell good for interactive and especially script use. mksh has UTF-8 support (in string operations and the Emacs editing mode). The code has been cleaned up and simplified, bugs fixed, standards compliance added, and several enhancements (for extended compatibility to other modern shells, as well as a couple of its own) are available. This shell is Debian Policy 10.4 compliant and works as /bin/sh on Debian systems (use the /bin/lksh executable) and is a good rescue and initrd shell (consider the /bin/mksh-static executable). . The mksh binary is a complete, full-featured shell. It provides a “consistent across all platforms” guarantee, using 32-bit integers for arithmetics, possibly deviating from POSIX. . The mksh-static binary is a version of mksh, linked against klibc, musl, or dietlibc (if they exist for that Debian architecture and are usable) and optimised for small code size, for example for use on initrd or initramfs images, installation or rescue systems. Except for omitting some features to be smaller, it is similar to the mksh binary otherwise. Note the exact feature set may differ depending on which C library was used to compile it. . The lksh binary is a script shell based on mksh intended to run old ksh88 and pdksh scripts, but not for interactive use. When used as /bin/sh it follows POSIX most closely, including use of the host’s “long” C data type for arithmetics. It also contains kludges so it can run as /bin/sh on Debian beyond what Policy dictates, to work around bugs in maintainer scripts and LSB init scripts shipped by many packages, such as including a rudimentary printf(1) builtin, permitting a shell function to be named stop overriding the default alias, more loose interpretation of shell extglobs, etc. . A sample ~/.mkshrc is included in /usr/share/doc/mksh/examples and provided as /etc/mkshrc conffile, which is sourced by another file /etc/skel/.mkshrc users are recommended to copy into their home.