Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 18:29:16 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shells Message-ID: <20000415182916.U4381@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <200004160042.RAA17931@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca>; from cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca on Sat, Apr 15, 2000 at 05:41:47PM -0700 References: <20000415180254.T4381@fw.wintelcom.net> <200004160042.RAA17931@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca>
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* Cy Schubert <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> [000415 18:10] wrote: > In message <20000415180254.T4381@fw.wintelcom.net>, Alfred Perlstein writes: > > * Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> [00041 > > 5 17:26] wrote: > > > With commit of tcsh, I'd like to raise another question. Are there any > > > plans to replace sh with bash. Granted they're not 100% compatible, > > > though my only experience with bash vs sh incompatibility was over 6 > > > years ago on a Linux system, I still think it's a good idea to replace > > > sh with bash. > > > > A lot of messages in the tcsh import thread explain why bash is not > > going to replace /bin/sh. > > Sorry, the search of -arch said it was "not available". I'll do a manual > look-see through the archives myself instead. Two reasons of the top of my head: GPL'd and gratuitously incompatible. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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