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Date:      Sat, 24 Jul 1999 10:54:04 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Summoner <summoner@uswest.net>
Cc:        John Armstrong <siberian@siberian.org>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: What to tell to Linux-centric people?!
Message-ID:  <19990724105404.J84734@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <379914D5.6DB65A6C@uswest.net>; from Summoner on Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 06:20:21PM -0700
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>

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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.

Greg
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