Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:25:11 -0600 From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, obrien@NUXI.com, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/chown Makefile Message-ID: <19991214172511.U868@holly.calldei.com> In-Reply-To: <19991215000841.E2188@daemon.ninth-circle.org> References: <19991213221310.B34110@dragon.nuxi.com> <199912140617.WAA18057@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <19991215000841.E2188@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
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On Wed, Dec 15, 1999, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:
> >printf is _NOT_ a borne shell builtin, so you'll also need /usr/bin/printf,
> >used extensivly in MAKEDEV.
>
> Then make ksh the default shell and use print. We're probably one of
> the last ones to use a bourne shell as default sh.
Before you flame someone, you need to make sure your flame is
well-thought-out. Whether you're right for saying what you said
after this is largely a matter of opinion, and one in which I
will not involve myself.
However, there are two very real problems with using ksh as
the default shell and using print:
- Print is not the same thing as /usr/bin/printf. (However,
as of AT&T KSH93, printf is a shell builtin. Get AT&T to
let us distribute that one.)
- It's very likely that you can't get AT&T to let us
distribute KSH.
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|Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
|The next generation of computers will have a "Warranty Expired" interrupt.
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