4.25. pdksh

pdksh — a new package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 — does not recognize the keyword source in scripts. However, the /etc/profile.d/kde.sh script uses the source keyword in the line source /etc/sysconfig/prelink. Consequently, if a user is using pdksh as their shell, and KDE is installed, the following error message will be returned in login shells:

ksh: /etc/profile.d/kde.sh[7]: source: not found

To work around this issue, change the

source /etc/sysconfig/prelink

line in the /etc/profile.d/kde.sh script to

. /etc/sysconfig/prelink

The keyword . is an alias for source in all Bourne compatible shells including bash, AT&T ksh, and pdksh.

This issue will be resolved in an upcoming update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4. (BZ#510374)