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Date:      Wed, 28 Apr 1999 15:27:47 -0500 (EST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>
To:        Dan Langille <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>
Cc:        Adam Nealis <adamn@csl.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: what is you favorite shell?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990428152701.10204h-100000@cygnus.rush.net>
In-Reply-To: <19990428192522.EUQJ5596385.mta1-rme@wocker>

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On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Dan Langille wrote:

> 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...]

oops....

-Alfred




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