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Date:      Fri, 23 Jul 1999 18:30:44 -0700
From:      Summoner <summoner@uswest.net>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        John Armstrong <siberian@siberian.org>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: What to tell to Linux-centric people?!
Message-ID:  <37991744.B8C855A8@uswest.net>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.9907231248470.12396-100000@dragon.ham.muohio.edu> <v0421010eb3be5f14df8c@[216.112.76.84]> <37991278.5324A70B@uswest.net> <v04210125b3bec432b792@[216.112.76.84]> <379914D5.6DB65A6C@uswest.net> <19990724105404.J84734@freebie.lemis.com>

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Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Friday, 23 July 1999 at 18:20:21 -0700, Summoner wrote:
>> John Armstrong wrote:
>>> Moral of the story, if something goes wrong with your root login
>>> shell your in a little trouble and much less is likely to happen to
>>> sh then to tcsh or bash or any other port shell.
>>
>> Why would sh be less likely to get screwed up?  Because it's hardly
>> ever used?
> 
> Because it's statically linked.

Ah.  Thanks for the explainations John and Greg.


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