Re: roots shell == /bin/sh please

2000-06-30 Thread Warner Losh
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] gnu not unix writes: : My vote is for root's shell to be /bin/sh if anyone's counting. Please no. Root's shell has been csh too long to change it now. what's so hard about chsh or exec sh? Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe

Re: roots shell == /bin/sh please

2000-06-30 Thread Brian Somers
Is the /bin/sh in freebsd more buggy than, say, the solaris /bin/sh? If so, thats's probably why it's currently /bin/csh. I doubt it; Solaris /bin/sh is likely more buggy. *GASP* Tell me about it ! I am eternally surprised by it ! -- Will Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

roots shell == /bin/sh please

2000-06-29 Thread gnu not unix
Hi. My vote is for root's shell to be /bin/sh if anyone's counting. Is the /bin/sh in freebsd more buggy than, say, the solaris /bin/sh? If so, thats's probably why it's currently /bin/csh. I could also live with /bin/bash as root's shell. Not sure why bash is not part of freebsd "core"

Re: roots shell == /bin/sh please

2000-06-29 Thread Steve Kargl
gnu not unix wrote: I could also live with /bin/bash as root's shell. Not sure why bash is not part of freebsd "core" anyways. GPL. Bloat. -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message

Re: roots shell == /bin/sh please

2000-06-29 Thread Doug Barton
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, gnu not unix wrote: Hi. My vote is for root's shell to be /bin/sh if anyone's counting. This will never happen. This position was made clear in th erecent tcsh debate. -- "Live free or die" - State motto of my ancestral homeland, New

Re: roots shell == /bin/sh please

2000-06-29 Thread R Joseph Wright
On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 12:39:46PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, gnu not unix wrote: Hi. My vote is for root's shell to be /bin/sh if anyone's counting. This will never happen. This position was made clear in th erecent tcsh debate. Speaking of csh and

Re: roots shell == /bin/sh please

2000-06-29 Thread Brian O'Shea
On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 01:11:39PM -0700, R Joseph Wright wrote: Speaking of csh and tcsh, I noticed that /bin/csh is hard linked to /bin/tcsh, yet when I invoke tcsh, I get a different prompt than when I invoke csh. I find this rather odd. When invoked as tcsh, the shell behaves like

Re: roots shell == /bin/sh please

2000-06-29 Thread David Nugent
R Joseph Wright wrote: Speaking of csh and tcsh, I noticed that /bin/csh is hard linked to /bin/tcsh, yet when I invoke tcsh, I get a different prompt than when I invoke csh. I find this rather odd. This is documented behaviour. When argv[0] is csh, it tries very hard to behave exactly the