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Date:      Wed, 28 Apr 1999 17:45:42 +0000
From:      Adam Nealis <adamn@csl.com>
To:        W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: what is you favorite shell?
Message-ID:  <37274946.903A2612@csl.com>
References:  <199904281738.NAA93113@bellsouth.net>

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W Gerald Hicks wrote:
> 
> > I have no problems with bash 2 as root user. Tho' I do make
> > sure it's copied into /bin as the default install is to
> > /usr/local/bin.
> 
> I wouldn't do that.  Over here we enforce the rule that only
> 'make installworld' is permitted to install programs into
> /bin or the other system installed directories for executables.
> 
> If you *must* do this, make sure it is a statically linked bash.
Which I do. It's just so I can have the convenience of bash
if for some reason I'm in single-user and I don't want to
mount /usr/local. I don't rely on bash-isms - I always use
vanilla sh.


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