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Date:      Sat, 26 Jan 2019 11:43:37 +0000
From:      Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk>
To:        Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>
Cc:        Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@catflap.org>, grembo@freebsd.org, dteske@freebsd.org, arch@freebsd.org, bapt@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Importing mksh in base
Message-ID:  <612ABF23-B940-4692-B977-2DF7CD34BC5C@gid.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <862c514f-7c19-ce6c-4438-1e765524cee2@quip.cz>
References:  <20190125165751.kpcjjncmf7j7maxd@ivaldir.net> <BB2CCC27-9277-4300-BF59-B5C62641A7B1@freebsd.org> <69E462A0-B9E9-4D26-898F-A96036227E65@FreeBSD.org> <201901251727.x0PHRniq094803@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net> <862c514f-7c19-ce6c-4438-1e765524cee2@quip.cz>

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Hi,

> On 25 Jan 2019, at 23:49, Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> wrote:
>=20
> Jamie Landeg-Jones wrote on 2019/01/25 18:27:
>> Heavy tcsh user here - strictly for interactive use (I use bourne =
shell for
>> shell scripting)
>> Still, as long as it continues in base (and I'd be first to volunteer
>> to maintain that if needed - it already contains a few patches of =
mine),
>=20
> Yes please, keep tcsh in base.
> After almost 20 years on FreeBSD with tcsh I don't understand how =
somebody can user bash as root shell.

+1=20

And let=E2=80=99s not forget that bash brought us CVE-2014-6271 =
(ShellShock). There may be other vulnerabilities lurking among the fancy =
gadgets.

> Kind regards
> Miroslav Lachman

--
Bob Bishop
rb@gid.co.uk







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