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Date:      Sun, 29 Oct 2017 13:49:22 -0700
From:      Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com>
To:        Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Devin Teske <devin@shxd.cx>, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r325092 - head/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles
Message-ID:  <201710292049.v9TKnMuH026367@slippy.cwsent.com>
In-Reply-To: Message from Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> of "Sun, 29 Oct 2017 13:19:29 -0700." <CAF6rxgneFEDkuXruKRw9RhmN%2Bi4Yoa4=MNk8qNCpR2Ro3YtBuA@mail.gmail.com>

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In message <CAF6rxgneFEDkuXruKRw9RhmN+i4Yoa4=MNk8qNCpR2Ro3YtBuA@mail.gmail.c
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, Eitan Adler writes:
> On 29 October 2017 at 12:47, Devin Teske <devin@shxd.cx> wrote:
> 
> >>>>
> >>>> I doubt many people use /bin/sh as an interactive shell, but the tip
> >>>> ought not lead those who do astray
> 
> Will fix.
> 
> >>>
> >>> Yes. /bin/sh on FreeBSD doesn't grok it, though bash and some other shell
> s
> >>> available as ports do. I think that the old text was a bit better.
> 
> < snip lots of great advice>
> 
> Lets add new tips to fortune!
> 
> > I’ve still had to use rehash on several occasions for it to detect new apps,
>  so remove that reference might be a mistake
> 
> After r234823 I expect this to only occur if you install a new binary,
> with the same as an existing hashed binary, earlier in the PATH. Have
> you found this not to be the case?

Tangentially, one of the best sources of this stuff for me was the book 
UNIX Power Tools, which should have had the title Common Sense UNIX. We 
could steal a lot of great tips from it.


-- 
Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
FreeBSD UNIX:  <cy@FreeBSD.org>   Web:  http://www.FreeBSD.org

	The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.





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