From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 21 13:18:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9027916A4DA; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:18:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE16543D55; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:18:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (ryjgxw@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7LDId6D032454; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:18:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k7LDId9P032453; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:18:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:18:39 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200608211318.k7LDId9P032453@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, xiongfeng.tom@googlemail.com, dougb@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <44E81A55.30106@FreeBSD.org> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.0-20051224 ("Ronay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:18:44 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: make buildworld does nothing X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, xiongfeng.tom@googlemail.com, dougb@FreeBSD.ORG List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:18:46 -0000 Doug Barton wrote: > Tom Hummel wrote: > > alright, it was bash :( stupid shell. > > Um, sorry, let's not blame the shell for the BCK (between chair and > keyboard) problem. Lots of us use bash as our everyday shell (for privileged > and unprivileged users) without the kinds of problems you described. The > first thing I do when I install a new freebsd machine is to change root's > shell to /bin/sh, and copy over my customized .profile which either execs > bash if it finds it, or sets up sh with my aliases, etc. That's what "su -m" is good for. No need to change root's login shell or to copy anything over. (Actually I even have an alias su="su -m" so it works automagically.) Best regards Oliver (zsh user) -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. > Can the denizens of this group enlighten me about what the > advantages of Python are, versus Perl ? "python" is more likely to pass unharmed through your spelling checker than "perl". -- An unknown poster and Fredrik Lundh