Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 10:44:55 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Dom Mitchell <dom@myrddin.demon.co.uk> Cc: Mike Nguyen <mikenguyen@sprintmail.com>, "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, Brian Feldman <green@zone.syracuse.net> Subject: Re: Changing sh for compatibility sake Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810311043420.315-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <E0zZEdu-00004I-00.qmail@myrddin.demon.co.uk>
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On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Dom Mitchell wrote: > Mike Nguyen <mikenguyen@sprintmail.com> writes: > > First thing I do when I install a new FreeBSD box is install the BSDi ksh > > binaries from the AT&T software reuse website as /bin/ksh. A real ksh93, no > > less. I haven't had the guts to replace /bin/sh with it yet (though the man > > page does have a toggle to display either as sh(1) or ksh(1)). > > I wouldn't replace /bin/sh with ksh93... It is a *lot* bigger. It's > practically a whole new shell, compared to ksh88. That was never even an option, since ksh93 isn't public code. It was all revolving around the pdksh code base (take a look at ports/shells/pdksh). Or maybe your comments meant that? > > -Dom > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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