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Date:      Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:15:45 -0500
From:      Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org>
To:        Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
Cc:        Gleb Popov <arrowd@freebsd.org>, arch@freebsd.org, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Importing mksh in base
Message-ID:  <F6CE1B6D-F5BF-4089-89B7-AE5DB3E7C1ED@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20190126064128.Y872@besplex.bde.org>
References:  <20190125165751.kpcjjncmf7j7maxd@ivaldir.net> <CALH631keUjj8qUomFY4nT2Mij9T7AWwFEGLDok=6zaaPx4T8DQ@mail.gmail.com> <20190126064128.Y872@besplex.bde.org>

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> On Jan 25, 2019, at 2:53 PM, Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>=20
> I have used /bin/bash as the root shell for more about 20 years.  The
> currently install version is slightly newer -- only about 15 years old
> (bash-1.14.7(1) installed by mv'ing it from /usr/local/bin where some
> port put it.

Just picking a recent post to reply to...

I've used bash on FreeBSD as the default shell for many years, ever since it=
 became a port.  But I don't change root's shell, because I don't want it po=
inting off to /usr/local.  If there were a base bash-like shell, I'd use it s=
o long as it had tab completion and up/down arrow for history recall.

--
DE=




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