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Fix the exit status returned when a command isn't executable (#273)

Previous discussion: https://github.com/att/ast/issues/485

If ksh attempts to execute a non-executable command found in the
PATH, in some instances the error message and return status are
incorrect. In the example below, ksh returns with exit status 126
when using the -c execve(2) optimization or when using fork(2) in
an interactive shell. However, using posix_spawn(3) causes the exit
status to change:
  $ echo 'print cannot execute' > /tmp/x
  # Runs command with spawnveg (i.e., posix_spawn or vfork)
  $ ksh -c 'PATH=/tmp; x; echo $?'
  ksh: x: not found
  127
  # Runs command with execve
  $ ksh -c 'PATH=/tmp; x'; echo $?
  ksh: x: cannot execute [Permission denied]
  126
  # Runs command with fork
  $ ksh -ic 'PATH=/tmp; x; echo $?'
  ksh: x: cannot execute [Permission denied]
  126

Since 'x' is in the PATH but can't be executed, the correct exit
status is 126, not 127. It's worth noting this bug doesn't cause
the regression tests to fail with ksh93u+m, but it does cause one
test to fail when run under dtksh:

    path.sh[706]: Long nonexistent command name: got status 126, ''

This commit backports various fixes for this bug from ksh2020, with
additional fixes applied (since there were still some additional
issues the ksh2020 patch didn't fix). The lacking regression test
for exit status 126 in path.sh has been rewritten to test for more
scenarios where ksh failed to return the correct error message
and/or exit status. I can also confirm with this patch applied the
path.sh regression tests now pass when run under dtksh.

src/cmd/ksh93/sh/path.c:
- Add a comment to path_absolute() describing 'oldpp' is the
  current pointer in the while loop and 'pp' is the next pointer.
  Backported from:
  a6cad450

- The patch from ksh2020 didn't fix this bug in the SHOPT_SPAWN
  code (because ksh2020 prefers fork(2)), so issues with the exit
  status could still occur when using spawnveg. To fix this, always
  set 'noexec' to the value of errno if can_execute fails. Before
  this fix, errno was discarded if 'pp' was a null pointer and
  can_execute failed.

- If a command couldn't be executed and the error wasn't ENOENT,
  save errno in a 'not_executable' variable. If an executable
  command couldn't be found in the PATH, exit with status 126 and
  set errno to the saved value. This was based on a ksh2020 bugfix,
  but it has been reworked a little bit to fix a bug that caused a
  mismatch between the error message shown and errno. Example with
  a non-executable file in PATH:
  $ nonexec
  ksh2020: nonexec: cannot execute [No such file or directory]
  The ksh2020 patch: <https://github.com/att/ast/pull/493>

- Backport a ksh2020 bugfix for directories in the PATH when
  running one of the added regression tests on OpenBSD:
  https://github.com/att/ast/pull/767

src/cmd/ksh93/data/msg.c,
src/cmd/ksh93/include/shell.h,
src/cmd/ksh93/sh/{path,xec}.c:
- If a command name is too long (ENAMETOOLONG), then it wasn't
  found in the PATH. For that case return exit status 127, like
  for ENOENT.

src/cmd/ksh93/tests/path.sh:
- Replace the old test with a new set of more extensive tests.
  These tests check the error message and exit status when ksh
  attempts to run a command using any of the following:
   - execve(2), used with the last command run with -c       (*A tests).
   - posix_spawn(3)/vfork(2), used in noninteractive scripts (*B tests).
   - fork(2), used in interactive shells with job control    (*C tests).
   - command -x                                              (*D tests).
   - exec(1)                                                 (*E tests).
- Add a regression test from ksh2020 for attempting to execute a
  directory:
  https://github.com/att/ast/pull/758

src/lib/libast/include/ast.h,
src/lib/libast/include/wait.h:
- Avoid bitshifts in macros for static error codes. The return
  values of command not found and exec related errors are static
  values and should not require any macro magic for calculation.
  Backported from: c073b102
- Simplify EXIT_* and W* macros to use 8 bits.
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Any uppercase BUG_* names are modernish shell bug IDs.
2021-04-13:
- Fixed a few bugs that could cause ksh to show the wrong error message and/or
return the wrong exit status if a command couldn't be executed. In
scenarios where the command was found in the PATH but it was not executable,
ksh now returns with exit status 126. Otherwise, ksh will return with exit
status 127 (such as if the command isn't found or if the command name is
too long).
2021-04-12:
- Corrected a memory fault when an attempt was made to unset the default