ksh93 on Caldera

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Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

>I need to run ksh93 on Caldera 3.1.1. The pdksh that comes with 3.1.1 lacks
>features used in some test scripts that we want to run on Linux.
>
>I downloaded the compiled ksh93 for Linux from AT&T, only to see that it
>uses glibc 2.3, which I do not have installed.
>
>My question is, would I be able to simply make the glibc 2.3 binary
>available for the program and have it run? I do not want to do a real
>install of a new glibc as I expect it to be a potential problem. I 
>know I can try and see, but I was curious if anyone had any warnings of
>bits of wisdom to impart for this.
>
>(I am also looking for the source on the AT&T site. It is mentioned as being
>available, but the link seems illusive.)
>

I never had any luck with compiling the AT&T version, so I used the 
binary that comes with Slackware. It runs just fine under Red Hat 7.3, 
and AFAIK is completely standards compliant with the KSH93 specs.

Have you considered trying it?

BOF