Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 20:48:07 -0400 From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> Cc: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net>, Todd Backman <tbackman@c523578-a.sttls1.wa.home.com>, "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@netwalk.com>, phrotos@email.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to change the shell? Message-ID: <3738CFC7.DE79EA03@confusion.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990511181118.24802r-100000@cygnus.rush.net>
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But it probably wouldnt be a bad thing if I were to copy TCSH into /bin
and then not worry about Single user mode problems?
Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>
> On Tue, 11 May 1999, Laurence Berland wrote:
>
> > I've heard that many times, is there any reason not to just put tcsh,
> > bash, etc on the root partition?
>
> because they both stink, use zsh!
>
> i think licenses, and the fact that no one wants to argue what will
> become the defacto shell form freebsd is what keeps it as sh/csh.
>
> sh/csh is also mandated by tradition afaik and there is no need for
> bash/tcsh/zsh in the base install, they are seperately developed
> projects.
>
> this is why we have the ports collection..
>
> -Alfred
--
Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate
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Windows 98: n.
useless extension to a minor patch release for
32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a
16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor,
written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for
1 bit of competition.
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