This is the Debian GNU/Linux prepackaged version of pdksh, a public
domain version of the Korn shell.

This package was originally put together by Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.org>,
from sources obtained from:
 ftp.cs.mun.ca:/pub/pdksh/pdksh-5.1.3.tar.gz

This package was put together by Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>,
from sources obtained from:
 sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Shells/pdksh-5.2.3.tar.gz

Changes:
 * added Debian GNU/Linux package maintenance system files

pdksh is in the public domain.

Release history:
    * Eric Gisin (egisin@math.uwaterloo.ca), created pdksh, using
      Charles Forsyth's public domain V7 shell as a base; also used parts
      of the BRL shell (written by Doug A Gwyn, Doug Kingston, Ron Natalie,
      Arnold Robbins, Lou Salkind, and others?, circa '87; the parts used in
      pdksh included getopts, test builtin, ulimit, tty setting/getting, emacs
      editing, and job control; the test builtin was based on code by Erik
      Baalbergen).
      '87..'89 ?
      Released versions: .. 3.2
    * John R MacMillan (@yonge.csri.toronto.edu:chance!john@sq.sq.com)
      takes over as maintainer
      dates?
      Released versions: 3.3 (?)
    * Simon J. Gerraty (sjg@zen.void.oz.au) takes over as maintainer
      Nov '91..July '94 ?
      Released versions: 4.0 .. 4.9
    * Michael Rendell (michael@cs.mun.ca) takes over as maintainer
      July, 1994
      Released versions: 5.0 .. 5.1

Major contributions:
    * John R MacMillan (@yonge.csri.toronto.edu:chance!john@sq.sq.com), ?:
      cleaned up configuration, many bug fixes (see misc/Changes.jrm).
    * Simon Gerraty, (sjg@zen.void.oz.au), Nov '91..?: much improved emacs mode
      ala at&t ksh, 386bsd port, sigaction routines for non-POSIX systems
      (see misc/ChangeLog.sjg and misc/ReadME.sjg).
    * Peter Collinson (pc@hillside.co.uk), July '92: added select, at&t ksh
      style history file, original csh-style {} globbing, BSD/386 port,
      misc bug fixes.
    * Larry Bouzane (larry@compusult.nf.ca), Mar '89..'93: re-wrote job control,
      added async job notification, added CDPATH and other cd fixes, misc bug
      fixes.
    * John Rochester (jr@cs.mun.ca), '87: wrote vi command line editor; various
      bug fixes/enhancements.
    * Jeff Sparkes (jsparkes@bnr.ca), Mar '89..Mar '90: added arrays,
      merged John Rochester's vi code into pdksh, misc bug fixes.
    * Michael Harrdt (u31b3hs@POOL.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE), Sept '94:
      organized man page, filled in many of its copious blank spots; added
      KSH ifdefs.
    * Dale DePriest (daled@cadence.com): ported to OS/2 (initially based on
      port of pdksh4.9 to OS/2 by Kai Rommel (rommel@ars.muc.de)); maintains
      OS/2 port.

Other contributors:
    * Piercarlo Grandi (pcg@aber.ac.uk), Dec '93: fixes for linux port
    * Neil Smithline (Neil.Smithline@eng.sun.com), Aug '92: emacs-style
      filename completion.
    * Mike Jetzer [mlj] (jetzer@studsys.mscs.mu.edu), ?;Nov '94: fixes for vi
      mode (see misc/Changes.mlj), added v to vi, fixes for history; fixed
      command redoing in vi; fixes to vi globing.
    * Robert J Gibson: mailbox checking code that was adapted for pdksh by
      John R. MacMillan.
    * ? (guy@demon.co.uk), ?: promptlen() function.
    * J.T. Conklin (jtc@cygnus.com): POSIXized test builtin; miscellaneous
      fixes/enhancements.
    * Sean Hogan (sean@neweast.ca): fixes for ICS 3.0 Unix, found and helped
      fix numerous problems.
    * Gordan Larson (hoh@approve.se): fix to compile sans VI, ksh.1 typo.
    * Thomas Gellekum (thomas@ghpc8.ihf.rwth-aachen.de): fixes for Makefile
      typos, fixed CLK_TCK for FreeBSD, man page fixes.
    * Ed Ferguson (Ed.Ferguson@dseg.ti.com): fix to compile sans VI.
    * Brian Campbell (brianc@qnx.com): fixes to compile under QNX and
      to compile with dmake.
    * (guy@netapp.com), Oct '94: patch to use gmacs flag.
    * Andrew Moore (alm@netcom.com): reported many bugs, fixes.
    * William Bader (wbader@CSEE.Lehigh.Edu): fix to compile on SCO Unix
      (strut winsize).
    * Mike Long (mike.long@analog.com): makefile fix - use $manext, not 1.
    * Art Mills (aem@hpbs9162.bio.hp.com): bug fix for vi file completion in
      command mode.
    * Tory Bollinger (tboll@authstin.ibm.com): allow ~ in vi mode to take
      a count.
    * Frank Edwards (<crash@azhrei.EEC.COM>): added macros to vi (@char).
    * Fritz Heinrichmeyer (<Fritz.Heinrichmeyer@FernUni-Hagen.de>): fixes
      to allow compile under Linux 1.4.3.
    * Gabor Zahemszky (<zgabor@CoDe.hu>): SVR3_PGRP vs SYSV_PGRP, many
      bug reports and man page fixes.
    * Dave Kinchlea (<kinch@julian.uwo.ca>): DEFAULT_ENV patches.
