Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 09:50:48 +0200 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>, arch@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Import of tcsh into src/contrib/, replacing src/usr.bin/csh Message-ID: <20000415095048.D87742@daemon.ninth-circle.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.000412145528.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>; from doconnor@gsoft.com.au on Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 02:55:28PM %2B0930 References: <200004120503.XAA15393@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> <XFMail.000412145528.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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-On [20000412 08:01], Daniel O'Connor (doconnor@gsoft.com.au) wrote: > >On 12-Apr-00 Steve Passe wrote: >> part of any system. It is the default shell for a "user". It would >> be more uniform if it were also the default shell for root. > >I think 'default shell for a "user"' is a very weak argument since when >you make an account (with pw, vipw, sysinstall, etc) you can trivially >change the shell.. I don't give new users sh, its umm, yucky :) Then according to your own statement, you would have to visit ports first before even giving your users a choice. Which in turns supports the fact that having either csh or tcsh in the base system is not the way to go. -- Jeroen Ruigrok vd Werven/Asmodai asmodai@[wxs.nl|bart.nl|freebsd.org] Documentation nutter/C-rated Coder BSD: Technical excellence at its best The BSD Programmer's Documentation Project <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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