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Date:      Sun, 9 Apr 2000 02:59:57 -0500
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To:        Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk>
Cc:        obrien@freebsd.org, arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Import of tcsh into src/contrib/, replacing src/usr.bin/csh
Message-ID:  <20000409025957.A26049@futuresouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000407094800.00ac2970@gid.co.uk>
References:  <20000406134916.A23265@dragon.nuxi.com> <4.3.1.2.20000407094800.00ac2970@gid.co.uk>

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On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 10:00:12AM +0100, a little birdie told me
that Bob Bishop remarked
> 
> On principle, please don't do it. I'd go so far as to vote for having 
> /bin/sh as root's default shell. If people want to use whacky shells and 
> set fire to their ass they are free to do so, but I seriously doubt the 
> wisdom of encouraging them.

Hm.
Coincidentally, that's just what I do.
I just never use it:
[2:05:47] mortis:~
(ttyp3):{122}% head -2 /etc/passwd
root:*:0:0:The Devil Himself:/root:/bin/sh
toor:*:0:0:The Devil Backwards:/root:/bin/tcsh

And I have su aliased to 'su toor' in my .tcshrc.

Oh, and BTW:
(ttyp3):{124}% ll /bin/csh /bin/tcsh /usr/local/bin/tcsh
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  282032 Mar 14 03:56 /bin/csh*
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  468768 May 11  1999 /bin/tcsh*
-r-xr-xr-x  1 bin   bin    254536 May 11  1999 /usr/local/bin/tcsh*

Not all that much bigger at all...



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"The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I
      haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"




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