From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Apr 16 3:57:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E175037BBC9 for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2000 03:57:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA26497 for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2000 12:57:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id MAA00508 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Sun, 16 Apr 2000 12:57:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90BF837B7C2 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2000 18:01:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e3G1TGC04101; Sat, 15 Apr 2000 18:29:16 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 18:29:16 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shells Message-ID: <20000415182916.U4381@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <20000415180254.T4381@fw.wintelcom.net> <200004160042.RAA17931@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200004160042.RAA17931@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca>; from cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca on Sat, Apr 15, 2000 at 05:41:47PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Cy Schubert [000415 18:10] wrote: > In message <20000415180254.T4381@fw.wintelcom.net>, Alfred Perlstein writes: > > * Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group [00041 > > 5 17:26] wrote: > > > With commit of tcsh, I'd like to raise another question. Are there any > > > plans to replace sh with bash. Granted they're not 100% compatible, > > > though my only experience with bash vs sh incompatibility was over 6 > > > years ago on a Linux system, I still think it's a good idea to replace > > > sh with bash. > > > > A lot of messages in the tcsh import thread explain why bash is not > > going to replace /bin/sh. > > Sorry, the search of -arch said it was "not available". I'll do a manual > look-see through the archives myself instead. Two reasons of the top of my head: GPL'd and gratuitously incompatible. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message