Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 02:36:03 -0800 From: David Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rebuilding FreeBSD! Message-ID: <56850513.4020208@parts-unknown.org> In-Reply-To: <20151231060644.GA42655@becker.bs.l> References: <CALvWPyaeev_DqVKtrBe%2BgULVgv5425o%2BLPh19HX_S4Z_==xKFA@mail.gmail.com> <20151231060644.GA42655@becker.bs.l>
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On 12/30/2015 10:06 PM, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > Not actually a different shell. Just install another one from > ports/packages. To avoid disappointments I recommend to leave csh or > sh in /etc/passwd at least for root. Having used zsh for well over a decade in both Linux and BSD systems, I have never found it necessary to leave csh or sh or bash as the root shell. Scripts all have their own #! line so they'll use the shell they're written for (pretty much always sh in FreeBSD ports and the base system as far as I know). I *do*, however, suggest keeping a copy of your preferred shell's package handy (pkg create is your friend), just in case something breaks in an upgrade. And I agree about zsh versus bash. I'm sure there are some who will disagree with me and I suppose it's possible that my notion of expected behavior is a consequence of prejudice, but I find zsh's behavior much more predictable. -- David Benfell benfell@parts-unknown.org
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