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Date:      Wed, 22 Sep 2021 12:18:38 +0200
From:      Marek Zarychta <zarychtam@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl>
To:        Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>, current@freebsd.org, arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [HEADSUP] making /bin/sh the default shell for root
Message-ID:  <329044cc-1b04-31c8-213a-93b38d79b58c@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl>
In-Reply-To: <20210922083645.4vnoajyvwq6wfhdf@aniel.nours.eu>
References:  <20210922083645.4vnoajyvwq6wfhdf@aniel.nours.eu>

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From: Marek Zarychta <zarychtam@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl>
To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>, current@freebsd.org,
 arch@FreeBSD.org
Message-ID: <329044cc-1b04-31c8-213a-93b38d79b58c@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl>
Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] making /bin/sh the default shell for root
References: <20210922083645.4vnoajyvwq6wfhdf@aniel.nours.eu>
In-Reply-To: <20210922083645.4vnoajyvwq6wfhdf@aniel.nours.eu>

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W dniu 22.09.2021 o=C2=A010:36, Baptiste Daroussin pisze:
> Hello,
>=20
> TL;DR: this is not a proposal to deorbit csh from base!!!
>=20
> For years now, csh is the default root shell for FreeBSD, csh can be co=
nfusing
> as a default shell for many as all other unix like settled on a bourne =
shell
> compatible interactive shell: zsh, bash, or variant of ksh.
>=20
> Recently our sh(1) has receive update to make it more user friendly in
> interactive mode:
> * command completion (thanks pstef@)
> * improvement in the emacs mode, to make it behave by default like othe=
r shells
> * improvement in the vi mode (in particular the vi edit to respect $EDI=
TOR)
> * support for history as described by POSIX.
>=20
> This makes it a usable shell by default, which is why I would like to p=
ropose to
> make it the default shell for root starting FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE (not M=
FCed)
>=20
> If no strong arguments has been raised until October 15th, I will make =
this
> proposal happen.
>=20
> Again just in case: THIS IS NOT A PROPOSAL TO REMOVE CSH FROM BASE!
>=20
> Best regards,
> Baptiste
>

Is /bin/csh going to become default toor's default shell since then?

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Marek Zarychta


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