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Date:      Tue, 21 May 1996 04:12:22 +0100
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Congrats on CURRENT 5/1 SNAP... 
Message-ID:  <23827.832648342@palmer.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 May 1996 20:05:46 PDT." <Pine.GSO.3.92.960520200020.391D-100000@hamby1> 

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Jake Hamby wrote in message ID
<Pine.GSO.3.92.960520200020.391D-100000@hamby1>:
> On Mon, 20 May 1996, Gary Palmer wrote:
> > Some points:
> >
> > 1) After a quick examination of /bin, the majority of the binaries
> >    there I'd like to see stay. The couple that I don't quite
> >    understand being there (such as `rmail') probably need to stay
> >    there for backwards compatability.

> Okay, but there are already copies of some of these in /stand!  Also, if
> nothing else, I would like a shared version of /bin/sh and /bin/csh for
> faster interactive use, with a static /sbin/sh for boot-up scripts only.
> Comments?

A lot of people, myself included, tend to blow /stand away once
installed. There isn't a lot of need for it generally once the machine
is installed.

I must admit I will not argue if you move csh from /bin. I don't see
much use for it myself.

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info



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