From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 20 20:12:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA15877 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 20 May 1996 20:12:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (palmer.demon.co.uk [158.152.50.150]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA15871 for ; Mon, 20 May 1996 20:12:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by palmer.demon.co.uk (sendmail/PALMER-1) with ESMTP id EAA23829; Tue, 21 May 1996 04:12:23 +0100 (BST) To: Jake Hamby cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: Congrats on CURRENT 5/1 SNAP... In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 20 May 1996 20:05:46 PDT." Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 04:12:22 +0100 Message-ID: <23827.832648342@palmer.demon.co.uk> Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jake Hamby wrote in message ID : > On Mon, 20 May 1996, Gary Palmer wrote: > > Some points: > > > > 1) After a quick examination of /bin, the majority of the binaries > > there I'd like to see stay. The couple that I don't quite > > understand being there (such as `rmail') probably need to stay > > there for backwards compatability. > Okay, but there are already copies of some of these in /stand! Also, if > nothing else, I would like a shared version of /bin/sh and /bin/csh for > faster interactive use, with a static /sbin/sh for boot-up scripts only. > Comments? A lot of people, myself included, tend to blow /stand away once installed. There isn't a lot of need for it generally once the machine is installed. I must admit I will not argue if you move csh from /bin. I don't see much use for it myself. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info