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Date:      Tue, 11 Apr 2000 23:30:01 +0800
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        Michael Schuster - TSC SunOS Germany <michael.schuster@germany.sun.com>, arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Import of tcsh into src/contrib/, replacing src/usr.bin/csh
Message-ID:  <20000411232959.A25933@ewok.creative.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <200004111506.IAA33450@apollo.backplane.com>; from Matthew Dillon on Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 08:06:46AM -0700
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004101955260.38915-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <38F2D225.1BABE12C@germany.sun.com> <200004111506.IAA33450@apollo.backplane.com>

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On Tue, Apr 11, 2000, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> 
>     Changing the root shell works just fine.  I've used tcsh as my root
>     shell (here and at BEST) for years without any problems.
> 
>     My only issue is basically that I don't see any purpose to replacing the
>     /bin/csh binary, and there are many pitfalls (like people beginning to
>     write #!/bin/csh scripts that assume tcsh extensions).  Just have both, 
>     and if a few people think it wastes too much space well too bad, they 
>     can delete one or the other.
> 

I think this is a sensible comprimise. Leave csh in there, add tcsh,
and set root's shell to tcsh instead. Being a linux convert I do
remember trying to port some of my /bin/sh scripts to FreeBSD and wondering 
why they didn't work.

My 2c,





Adrian





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