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Date:      Sat, 26 Jan 2019 15:30:35 -0800
From:      "Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@juniper.net>
To:        Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, <arch@freebsd.org>, <sjg@juniper.net>
Subject:   Re: Importing mksh in base
Message-ID:  <79948.1548545435@kaos.jnpr.net>
In-Reply-To: <D43F06EE-A6A9-4F7D-BF81-8EC2298F86C9@cschubert.com>
References:  <20190125165751.kpcjjncmf7j7maxd@ivaldir.net> <D43F06EE-A6A9-4F7D-BF81-8EC2298F86C9@cschubert.com>

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Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> wrote:
> Why not ksh93 instead? It is the original and authoritative Korn
> shell. EPL i

Sure but my experience was (back in maybe 2000 or there abouts) it was lame
compared to pdksh ;-) emacs mode as crude, no interactive history
search.


> As to replacing root's shell, replacing tcsh is a large POLA
> violation.  Maybe give users the option at install time instead. 

Yes - netbsd have done that for years, no need to surprise/upset anyone.



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