Source: mksh
Section: shells
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>
Homepage: http://mirbsd.de/mksh
# We build-depend on dietlibc-dev and libklibc-dev 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.)
Build-Depends: bsdmainutils, debhelper (>= 9), ed,
# better to whitelist, but currently klibc is available for linux-any
  libklibc-dev [linux-any],
  dietlibc-dev (>= 0.33~cvs20111108-5~) [hppa] | dietlibc-doc [hppa],
  dietlibc-dev [alpha amd64 arm armeb armel armhf i386 ia64 mips mipsel powerpc powerpcspe ppc64 s390 s390x sparc sparc64],
# # also for the testsuite (could switch to C.UTF-8 nowadays, though)
  locales [!avr32] | belocs-locales-bin [!avr32]
# # hard to test against bug
Build-Conflicts: dietlibc-dev (<< 0.33~cvs20111108-5~) [hppa]
Standards-Version: 3.9.8
VCS-git: https://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/mksh.git
VCS-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/mksh.git

Package: mksh
Architecture: any
Multi-Arch: foreign
Built-Using: ${mksh: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 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.
 .
 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 extglibs, 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.
