pkgsrc/shells/osh/DESCR
obache 851bde15b1 Update osh to 20090527, per maintainer update request by PR#41509.
Upstream changes between osh-20081213 and osh-20090527 follow:

osh bug fixes:

1) This release fixes an `echo' bug that causes `echo ""' to print an
   unnecessary diagnostic.

2) It also fixes a `sigign' bug that can cause incorrect signal ignoring
   behavior for subshells.

New osh features:

1) This release adds `cd' as a synonym for the `chdir' special command.

2) It also adds $m as a special parameter for the value of the MANPATH
   environment variable.
2009-05-30 12:49:44 +00:00

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Osh is an enhanced, backward-compatible port of the original sh(1)
that was used as the standard command interpreter through Sixth
Edition UNIX. It was also distributed with Seventh Edition UNIX
as osh. Its command language is a predecessor and subset of that
found in the Bourne shell and C shell.