From owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Fri Jan 25 20:15:59 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60A6614C1AB4 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2019 20:15:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deischen@freebsd.org) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2C8370661 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2019 20:15:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deischen@freebsd.org) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id CCC9814C1AB3; Fri, 25 Jan 2019 20:15:55 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: arch@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9D8B14C1AB2 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2019 20:15:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deischen@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.netplex.net (mail.netplex.net [204.213.176.9]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.netplex.net", Issuer "RapidSSL RSA CA 2018" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 521A1705FD; Fri, 25 Jan 2019 20:15:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deischen@freebsd.org) Received: from [10.0.0.54] (ip-414b102e.ct.fixed.ntplx.com [65.75.16.46]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.netplex.net (8.15.1/8.15.1/NETPLEX) with ESMTPSA id x0PKFj3G008357 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:15:45 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS and Clam AntiVirus (mail.netplex.net) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (mail.netplex.net [204.213.176.9]); Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:15:46 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: Importing mksh in base From: Daniel Eischen X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (16D40) In-Reply-To: <20190126064128.Y872@besplex.bde.org> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:15:45 -0500 Cc: Gleb Popov , arch@freebsd.org, Baptiste Daroussin Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20190125165751.kpcjjncmf7j7maxd@ivaldir.net> <20190126064128.Y872@besplex.bde.org> To: Bruce Evans X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 521A1705FD X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.96 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.96)[-0.957,0]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0] X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 20:15:59 -0000 > On Jan 25, 2019, at 2:53 PM, Bruce Evans wrote: >=20 > I have used /bin/bash as the root shell for more about 20 years. The > currently install version is slightly newer -- only about 15 years old > (bash-1.14.7(1) installed by mv'ing it from /usr/local/bin where some > port put it. Just picking a recent post to reply to... I've used bash on FreeBSD as the default shell for many years, ever since it= became a port. But I don't change root's shell, because I don't want it po= inting off to /usr/local. If there were a base bash-like shell, I'd use it s= o long as it had tab completion and up/down arrow for history recall. -- DE=