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Date:      Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:30:41 GMT
From:      Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
To:        igorr@crosswinds.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: shell inconsistency - csh should remove
Message-ID:  <E147xZ3-0009zq-00@post.mail.nl.demon.net>

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> On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 05:30:36PM +0800, David Xu wrote:
> >    can next FreeBSD installs bash as default shell instead of csh? it seems if you
default install csh as default one, the system is inconsistency, because csh can't execute

> bash is GNU software. And it is not possible to include it into base
> system.
> And bash sucks :-)
Let's avoid such subjective evaluations shall we ?
People just use the shell they feel comfortable with, it is a tool
for a job, not a religion.

> 
> #!/bin/sh <---  This line tells kernel which shell use for script
> so there is REAL Bourne shell in base system. 
> 
> And "csh" is NATURAL part of any BSD system. If you don't like it then
> just don't use it.
> 
> -- 
> Igor Robul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", 
> Sochi, Russia
> http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744
> 
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