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Date:      Fri, 10 Aug 2001 23:38:17 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Jason Vervlied <jvervlied@hway.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bash in /usr/local/bin?
Message-ID:  <20010810233817.A22595@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <3B74D180.D036D629@hway.net>; from jvervlied@hway.net on Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 02:32:32AM -0400
References:  <3B74D180.D036D629@hway.net>

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On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 02:32:32AM -0400, Jason Vervlied wrote:
> Is there a reason why the bash shell is kept in /usr/local/bin. I would
> personally prefer to use it for my root shell, but if I remember right,
> root needs to have something that is in /bin (I could be wrong). If I do
> need a shell located in /bin for root would it break anything if I moved
> bash from /usr/local/bin to /bin (yes I know I woudl have to update
> /etc/shells)?

Assuming it was compiled staticly (a quick glance at the port's Makefile
seems to indicate it should be) it should work.  If it's dynamicly linked
it won't work because the libs are in /usr which isn't mounted in single
user mode.

-- Brooks

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