From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 16 02:32:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23D61106568A for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:32:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFF8E8FC16 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:32:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.43]) by QMTA07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id fanU1a00p0vp7WLA7eYgir; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:32:40 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id feYf1a00C2P6wsM8ReYgRi; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:32:40 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=E5vnyEUqCrnxv9WhBkEA:9 a=vZwU2xJq7HETEeqT5OkA:7 a=uRJg1p53lXFXT3NkwZJoHKELZW8A:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=-aeQE0jYsuIA:10 a=QULPXuZbI_sA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BF25B33C36; Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:32:39 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:32:39 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081116023239.GA89267@icarus.home.lan> References: <20081110110805.GK1302@obspm.fr> <20081110161002.GA81960@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20081110203643.GH27646@obspm.fr> <200811102235.46971.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <4ad871310811101530p7b2baa0fk7f7b5118e314c11d@mail.gmail.com> <4918CE42.3050504@ccstores.com> <20081115061957.GA10998@ourbrains.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081115061957.GA10998@ourbrains.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Subject: Re: root /etc/csh X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:32:41 -0000 On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 01:19:57AM -0500, dan-freebsd-questions@ourbrains.org wrote: > > isn't the "main reason" because other shells may reside on a filesystem > > which isn't necessarily mounted in maintenance/single user mode? Or, libraries > > for the same? > > -- > > Jim Pazarena fquest@ccstores.com > > Just link the shell of your choice statically and put it somewhere in /. > Problem solved. Why doesn't FreeBSD ship bash and other shells besides > the `sh' linked statically is beyond me. It wouldn't break ports, would > it? It does break ports. Very, very badly. I know because I've personally attempted replacing /bin/sh with bash as a "I have a weekend to spare" project. The topic of bringing bash into BSD as /bin/sh has been discussed in the past many, many times. It's always a heated discussion. We went through the same thing discussing bringing tcsh in (remember, /bin/csh is tcsh). -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |