remove the alias type='whence -v' and replace it with

a buildin command, that just calls into c_whence().
This makes type look like the buildin in other shells and makes
things like system("'type' 'git'"); work.

With lots of suggestions and feedback from anton@, kn@ and jca@.
ok kn@ jca@

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/bin/ksh/ksh.1 b/bin/ksh/ksh.1
index ceb3bce1264..fe425f7c611 100644
--- a/bin/ksh/ksh.1
+++ b/bin/ksh/ksh.1
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: ksh.1,v 1.198 2018/02/06 15:13:32 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: ksh.1,v 1.199 2018/05/18 13:25:20 benno Exp $
 .\"
 .\"	Public Domain
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: February 6 2018 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 18 2018 $
 .Dt KSH 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -858,8 +858,6 @@ The following command aliases are defined automatically by the shell:
 .Ic r Ns ='fc -s'
 .It
 .Ic stop Ns ='kill -STOP'
-.It
-.Ic type Ns ='whence -v'
 .El
 .Pp
 Tracked aliases allow the shell to remember where it found a particular
@@ -4075,6 +4073,11 @@ traps in functions are not yet implemented.
 .It Ic true
 A command that exits with a zero value.
 .Pp
+.It Ic type
+Short form of
+.Ic whence Fl v
+(see below).
+.Pp
 .It Xo
 .Ic typeset
 .Oo