[OmniOS-discuss] LX: real ksh93 broken

[Dan McDonald]

When I get home I'll provide more details, but you should try bloody or still in beta r151022.

Dan

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> On May 9, 2017, at 10:02 AM, Nahum Shalman <nshalman at omniti.com> wrote:
> 
> As a data point, I tested this on a very recent SmartOS and was unable to reproduce:
> 
> root at ksh-debian:~# set -o xtrace ; /native/usr/bin/uname -a; uname -a ; cat /etc/debian_version ; dpkg-query -l ksh | grep ksh ; /bin/ksh93
> + set -o xtrace
> + /native/usr/bin/uname -a
> SunOS ksh-debian 5.11 joyent_20170427T222500Z i86pc i386 i86pc
> + uname -a
> Linux ksh-debian 3.16.10 BrandZ virtual linux x86_64 GNU/Linux
> + cat /etc/debian_version
> 8.8
> + dpkg-query -l ksh
> + grep ksh
> ii  ksh            93u+20120801-1 amd64        Real, AT&T version of the Korn shell
> + /bin/ksh93
> # ps | grep $$
> 77074 pts/2    00:00:00 ksh93
> # exit
> root at ksh-debian:~#
> 
>> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 5:52 AM, Ludovic Orban <lorban at bitronix.be> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I've installed the real ksh93 (this stuff: https://packages.debian.org/jessie/ksh) on a r151020 LX zone running the latest Debian (https://images.joyent.com/images/e74a9cd0-f2d0-11e6-8b69-b3acf2ef87f7) and it behaves strangely.
>> 
>> Here is what I get:
>> 
>> root at debian-8:~# /bin/ksh93
>> # ls /
>> 
>> 
>> ^C^C
>> ^Z^Z^Z
>> ^\^\^\^\
>> Killed
>> root at debian-8:~#
>> root at debian-8:~#
>> 
>> (note: the "Killed" line is due to a kill -9 from another terminal).
>> 
>> Basically, any command I type just hangs there. Sometimes the shell reacts to ^C and/or ^D allowing me to try a different command that also gonna hang, and sometimes it doesn't and I have to kill the shell from another terminal. In the latter case, ksh93 starts kind of a "fork bomb" where it seems to fork itself in a loop.
>> 
>> I can reproduce this problem from a zlogin term as well as from a direct ssh session. I've also tried ksh93 on a CentOS zone to make sure the problem wasn't caused by Debian's build and the exact same problem arises.
>> 
>> Any idea what's going on?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ludovic
>> 
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