Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:00:49 -0300 From: Renato Botelho <garga@FreeBSD.org> To: daniel@morante.net, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] making /bin/sh the default shell for root Message-ID: <2c69aac3-2169-f2ed-ef46-22f40f1d80f6@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <bea8261f-cf46-a6b5-80b9-b754620323e0@morante.net> References: <20210922083645.4vnoajyvwq6wfhdf@aniel.nours.eu> <bea8261f-cf46-a6b5-80b9-b754620323e0@morante.net>
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+1 for keeping this behavior on default config On 22/09/21 06:19, Daniel Morante via freebsd-current wrote: > Will history/completion continue to work the same way? (for example > typing part of the command, pressing UP and having it complete based on > history) > > On 9/22/2021 4:36 AM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: >> Hello, >> >> TL;DR: this is not a proposal to deorbit csh from base!!! >> >> For years now, csh is the default root shell for FreeBSD, csh can be >> confusing >> 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. >> >> 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 >> other shells >> * improvement in the vi mode (in particular the vi edit to respect >> $EDITOR) >> * support for history as described by POSIX. >> >> This makes it a usable shell by default, which is why I would like to >> propose to >> make it the default shell for root starting FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE (not >> MFCed) >> >> If no strong arguments has been raised until October 15th, I will make >> this >> proposal happen. >> >> Again just in case: THIS IS NOT A PROPOSAL TO REMOVE CSH FROM BASE! >> >> Best regards, >> Baptiste >> > -- Renato Botelhohelp
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