From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Apr 11 8:30:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C155337BACA for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 08:30:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA14835 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:30:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id RAA08008 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:30:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ewok.creative.net.au (fuzzy.aussie.com.au [203.30.44.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 179D637BA59 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 08:30:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@ewok.creative.net.au) Received: (qmail 27979 invoked by uid 1008); 11 Apr 2000 15:30:01 -0000 Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 23:30:01 +0800 From: Adrian Chadd To: Matthew Dillon Cc: Michael Schuster - TSC SunOS Germany , arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Import of tcsh into src/contrib/, replacing src/usr.bin/csh Message-ID: <20000411232959.A25933@ewok.creative.net.au> References: <38F2D225.1BABE12C@germany.sun.com> <200004111506.IAA33450@apollo.backplane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <200004111506.IAA33450@apollo.backplane.com>; from Matthew Dillon on Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 08:06:46AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message