On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 10:47:24AM -0500, Robert Watson wrote: > It strikes me that this whole conversation has gotten a little > confrontational... The "middle ground" of adding a static /sbin/sh for > scripts soudds like a reasonable choice, and has precedent in other > systems (Solaris). Time for a pdksh import! We can install it as the dynamic /bin/sh, and there is precedent in other systems (Solaris) for /bin/ksh. The issue with static /sbin/sh is that we have to fix all the base scripts (doable), and then try to educate people that they need to do the same to their scripts (very hard to do). > Someone must be using /bin/sh as a shell, because apparently someone > spent a lot of time adding things like character input editing, > filename completion, etc. Filename complete isn't in stock /bin/sh as its a private hack someone did, it is a hack and isn't commitable.Received on Mon Nov 24 2003 - 08:43:27 UTC
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