From owner-freebsd-arch Thu Apr 6 19:14:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8D2337BC1F for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2000 19:14:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id EAA12794 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2000 04:18:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id EAA34864 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Fri, 7 Apr 2000 04:14:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BA0B37BC1F; Thu, 6 Apr 2000 19:13:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA03792; Thu, 6 Apr 2000 20:13:36 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id UAA95328; Thu, 6 Apr 2000 20:12:47 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <200004070212.UAA95328@harmony.village.org> To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams) Subject: Re: Import of tcsh into src/contrib/, replacing src/usr.bin/csh Cc: obrien@freebsd.org, arch@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 06 Apr 2000 15:50:49 MDT." <200004062150.PAA24400@nomad.yogotech.com> References: <200004062150.PAA24400@nomad.yogotech.com> <20000406134916.A23265@dragon.nuxi.com> <200004062121.PAA24162@nomad.yogotech.com> <20000406144502.A25177@dragon.nuxi.com> Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 20:12:46 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <200004062150.PAA24400@nomad.yogotech.com> Nate Williams writes: : [ Last reply on this, honest. I've said my piece ] : : > > 2) FreeBSD's base installation is *NOT* intended for you to have a : > > completely/fully functional workstaion. : > : > I don't want a fully functional workstation. I want a root account that : > is useful. : : It's completely useful. It has everything you need. What does tcsh : provide you that csh doesn't provide you that is needed for root? Escape completion. Command line history. Yes, I do *NEED* those to effectively do root things. tsch has been the shell I type into init's prompt rather than using /bin/sh for years. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message