Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 00:46:13 +0100 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org>, Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Cc: arch@freebsd.org, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, Gleb Popov <arrowd@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Importing mksh in base Message-ID: <a8135eb3-e0f0-1458-b36f-27a9f6250a66@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <F6CE1B6D-F5BF-4089-89B7-AE5DB3E7C1ED@freebsd.org> References: <20190125165751.kpcjjncmf7j7maxd@ivaldir.net> <CALH631keUjj8qUomFY4nT2Mij9T7AWwFEGLDok=6zaaPx4T8DQ@mail.gmail.com> <20190126064128.Y872@besplex.bde.org> <F6CE1B6D-F5BF-4089-89B7-AE5DB3E7C1ED@freebsd.org>
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Daniel Eischen wrote on 2019/01/25 21:15: > >> On Jan 25, 2019, at 2:53 PM, Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >> >> I have used /bin/bash as the root shell for more about 20 years. The >> currently install version is slightly newer -- only about 15 years old >> (bash-1.14.7(1) installed by mv'ing it from /usr/local/bin where some >> port put it. > > Just picking a recent post to reply to... > > I've used bash on FreeBSD as the default shell for many years, ever since it became a port. But I don't change root's shell, because I don't want it pointing off to /usr/local. If there were a base bash-like shell, I'd use it so long as it had tab completion and up/down arrow for history recall. You must be joking. tcsh has tab completion and up / down arrow history recall ... and in my feelings much better than in bash. But it all depends on how you configured it (bash and tcsh can be heavily modified by their rc files). Interactive use of tcsh is one of my favorite features on interactive use of FreeBSD over other environments / OSes. Miroslav Lachman
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