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On 9/13/14, 11:39 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
> On 09/13/14 11:32, Craig Rodrigues wrote:
>>
>> If adding an optional knob to the bash port which is OFF by default 
>> to do
>> this is a no-go,
>> would having an optional port like what Brooks Davis mentioned be 
>> allowed
>> which creates
>> the symlink and updates /etc/shells?
>>
>> -- 
>
> I'd point out that the perl ports have exactly such an option already 
> (putting links in /usr/bin, in this case). The CUPS port does too.
> -Nathan

Should really be a standalone package.

-Alfred