diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6aac022d8b26..f04b48599cb3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ This documents significant changes in the dev branch of ksh 93u+m.
 For full details, see the git log at: https://github.com/ksh93/ksh
 Uppercase BUG_* IDs are shell bug IDs as used by the Modernish shell library.
 
+2024-02-09:
+
+- Fixed multiple inaccurate or missing values in the /opt/ast/bin/getconf
+  path-bound built-in command.
+
 2024-02-08:
 
 - Fixed an init-time crash that may occur if standard error is on a terminal,
diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/include/version.h b/src/cmd/ksh93/include/version.h
index d7b3a55c5f4b..dd66e845384e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/include/version.h
+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/include/version.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #define SH_RELEASE_FORK	"93u+m"		/* only change if you develop a new ksh93 fork */
 #define SH_RELEASE_SVER	"1.1.0-alpha"	/* semantic version number: https://semver.org */
-#define SH_RELEASE_DATE	"2024-02-08"	/* must be in this format for $((.sh.version)) */
+#define SH_RELEASE_DATE	"2024-02-09"	/* must be in this format for $((.sh.version)) */
 #define SH_RELEASE_CPYR	"(c) 2020-2024 Contributors to ksh " SH_RELEASE_FORK
 
 /* Scripts sometimes field-split ${.sh.version}, so don't change amount of whitespace. */
diff --git a/src/lib/libast/comp/conf.sh b/src/lib/libast/comp/conf.sh
index 060062a14cc6..dc97c9b9ad0e 100644
--- a/src/lib/libast/comp/conf.sh
+++ b/src/lib/libast/comp/conf.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                                                                      #
 #               This software is part of the ast package               #
 #          Copyright (c) 1985-2011 AT&T Intellectual Property          #
-#          Copyright (c) 2020-2023 Contributors to ksh 93u+m           #
+#          Copyright (c) 2020-2024 Contributors to ksh 93u+m           #
 #                      and is licensed under the                       #
 #                 Eclipse Public License, Version 2.0                  #
 #                                                                      #
@@ -249,9 +249,6 @@ case $append$extra in
 					esac
 					;;
 				*)	values=$values$sp$1
-					case $1 in
-					$sym)	echo "$1" >> $tmp.v ;;
-					esac
 					;;
 				esac
 			done
@@ -799,8 +796,6 @@ do	eval name=\"'$'CONF_name_$key\"
 done > $tmp.q
 sort -u < $tmp.q > $tmp.t
 mv $tmp.t $tmp.q
-sort -u < $tmp.v > $tmp.t
-mv $tmp.t $tmp.v
 case $debug in
 -d4)	exit ;;
 esac
@@ -862,7 +857,6 @@ case $verbose in
 1)	echo "$command: check macros/enums as static initializers" >&2 ;;
 esac
 defined $tmp.q
-defined $tmp.v
 case $debug in
 -d5)	exit ;;
 esac
@@ -873,10 +867,6 @@ exec < $tmp.q
 while	read line
 do	eval CONF_const_${line}=1
 done
-exec < $tmp.v
-while	read line
-do	eval CONF_const_${line}=1
-done
 
 # mark the string literal values
 
@@ -1061,13 +1051,8 @@ do	eval name=\"'$'CONF_name_$key\"
 	conf_limit=0
 	case $flags in
 	*[Ll]*)	d=
-		case ${conf_name} in
-		LONG_MAX|SSIZE_MAX)
-			x=
-			;;
-		*)	eval x='$'CONF_const_${conf_name}
-			;;
-		esac
+		# always probe, even if a CONF_const_${conf_name} variable exists
+		x=
 		case $x in
 		'')	for s in ${values}
 			do	case $s in
diff --git a/src/lib/libast/comp/conf.tab b/src/lib/libast/comp/conf.tab
index 4124752412ea..0d2430711b55 100644
--- a/src/lib/libast/comp/conf.tab
+++ b/src/lib/libast/comp/conf.tab
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ ENH_I18N			XOPEN	SC 1 FSUW
 EQUIV_CLASS_MAX			C	QQ 1 L
 EXEC_INTERPRETER_LENGTH		C	QQ 1 L
 EXPR_NEST_MAX			POSIX	SC 2 LMN	32
-FCHR_MAX			SVID	SC 1 LMU	LONG_MAX 2147483647
+FCHR_MAX			SVID	SC 1 LMU	SSIZE_MAX 2147483647
 FILESIZEBITS			POSIX	PC 1 LMU	(8*sizeof(off_t)) 32
 FILE_LOCKING			POSIX	SC 1 FU
 FORT_DEV			POSIX	SC 2 CFUW
diff --git a/src/lib/libcmd/getconf.c b/src/lib/libcmd/getconf.c
index 6f16113fd6a9..44bc93dd623c 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcmd/getconf.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcmd/getconf.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  */
 
 static const char usage[] =
-"[-?\n@(#)$Id: getconf (ksh 93u+m) 2021-04-20 $\n]"
+"[-?\n@(#)$Id: getconf (ksh 93u+m) 2024-02-09 $\n]"
 "[--catalog?" ERROR_CATALOG "]"
 "[+NAME?getconf - get configuration values]"
 "[+DESCRIPTION?\bgetconf\b displays the system configuration value for"