nvm.sh - executing under ksh fails as local is missing. Remediation by using typeset instead

Operating system and version:

RHEL9, Ubuntu using ksh as the login shell

Remediation is to change the use of "local" for setting variables and replace with "typeset"

How did you install nvm?

As per the README

What steps did you perform?

What happened?

. $NVM_DIR/nvm.sh -ksh: .: line 4373: local: not found -ksh: .: line 4343: local: not found -ksh: .: line 4345: local: not found -ksh: .: line 4346: local: not found -ksh: .[1127]: local: not found -ksh: .[506]: local: not found -ksh: .[396]: local: not found -ksh: .[398]: local: not found -ksh: .[406]: local: not found -ksh: .[408]: local: not found -ksh: .[396]: local: not found -ksh: .[398]: local: not found -ksh: .[406]: local: not found -ksh: .[408]: local: not found -ksh: .[1133]: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2778: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2809: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2932: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2937: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2938: local: not found -ksh: .: line 3540: local: not found -ksh: .: line 3541: local: not found -ksh: .: line 3542: local: not found -ksh: .: line 3543: local: not found -ksh: .: line 3545: local: not found -ksh: .: line 3546: local: not found -ksh: .[2508]: local: not found -ksh: .[2510]: local: not found -ksh: .[576]: local: not found -ksh: .[578]: local: not found -ksh: .[589]: local: not found -ksh: .[1250]: local: not found -ksh: .[1252]: local: not found -ksh: .[1259]: local: not found -ksh: .[1261]: local: not found -ksh: .[1263]: local: not found -ksh: .[506]: local: not found -ksh: .[1265]: local: not found -ksh: .[506]: local: not found -ksh: .[1267]: local: not found -ksh: .[506]: local: not found -ksh: .[1209]: local: not found -ksh: .[1210]: local: not found -ksh: .[1150]: local: not found -ksh: .[1153]: local: not found -ksh: .[1155]: local: not found -ksh: .[1157]: local: not found -ksh: .[754]: local: not found -ksh: .[1240]: local: not found -ksh: .[1285]: local: not found -ksh: .[776]: local: not found -ksh: .[784]: local: not found -ksh: .[786]: local: not found -ksh: .[153]: local: not found -ksh: .[1873]: local: not found -ksh: .[1875]: local: not found -ksh: .: line 540: local: not found -ksh: .: line 542: local: not found -ksh: .: line 551: local: not found -ksh: .: line 552: local: not found -ksh: .[576]: local: not found -ksh: .[578]: local: not found -ksh: .[589]: local: not found -ksh: .[1250]: local: not found -ksh: .[1252]: local: not found -ksh: .[1259]: local: not found -ksh: .[1261]: local: not found -ksh: .[1263]: local: not found -ksh: .[506]: local: not found -ksh: .[1265]: local: not found -ksh: .[506]: local: not found -ksh: .[1267]: local: not found -ksh: .[506]: local: not found -ksh: .[1209]: local: not found -ksh: .[1210]: local: not found -ksh: .[1150]: local: not found -ksh: .[1153]: local: not found -ksh: .[1155]: local: not found -ksh: .[1157]: local: not found -ksh: .[754]: local: not found -ksh: .[1240]: local: not found -ksh: .[1285]: local: not found -ksh: .[776]: local: not found -ksh: .[784]: local: not found -ksh: .[786]: local: not found -ksh: .[153]: local: not found -ksh: .[1873]: local: not found -ksh: .[1875]: local: not found -ksh: .: line 555: local: not found -ksh: .: line 153: local: not found -ksh: .[1873]: local: not found -ksh: .[1875]: local: not found -ksh: .: line 3624: local: not found -ksh: .[525]: local: not found -ksh: .[506]: local: not found -ksh: .: line 3645: local: not found -ksh: .: line 3655: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2550: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2559: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2561: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2578: local: not found -ksh: .[1873]: local: not found -ksh: .[1875]: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2587: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2615: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2541: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2629: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2541: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2643: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2541: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2657: local: not found -ksh: .[419]: local: not found -ksh: .: line 2541: local: not found

What did you expect to happen?

dot-in of $NVM executes without error

Is there anything in any of your profile files that modifies the PATH?