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Date:      Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:21:06 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG,  xiongfeng.tom@googlemail.com,  dougb@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make buildworld does nothing
Message-ID:  <44E9EB82.7010104@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200608211318.k7LDId9P032453@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <200608211318.k7LDId9P032453@lurza.secnetix.de>

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Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Doug Barton wrote:
>  > Tom Hummel wrote:
>  > > alright, it was bash :( stupid shell.
>  > 
>  > Um, sorry, let's not blame the shell for the BCK (between chair and
>  > keyboard) problem. Lots of us use bash as our everyday shell (for privileged
>  > and unprivileged users) without the kinds of problems you described. The
>  > first thing I do when I install a new freebsd machine is to change root's
>  > shell to /bin/sh, and copy over my customized .profile which either execs
>  > bash if it finds it, or sets up sh with my aliases, etc.
> 
> That's what "su -m" is good for.  

There are actually some things in root's environment that I want to be
different, so that doesn't work for me.

Doug

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