Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 07:22:39 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: Adam Nealis <adamn@csl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what is you favorite shell? Message-ID: <19990428192522.EUQJ5596385.mta1-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <37274946.903A2612@csl.com>
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On 28 Apr 99, at 17:45, Adam Nealis wrote: > 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. Is the bash in the ports statically linked? [he looks nervously at several bash-root-shell systems...] -- Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited The FreeBSD Diary - http://www.FreeBSDDiary.org/freebsd/ NZ FreeBSD User Group - http://www.nzfug.nz.freebsd.org/ The Racing System - http://www.racingsystem.com/racingsystem.htm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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