Subject: Re: should we replace the shell?
To: None <tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@cs.orst.edu>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 12/07/1994 15:16:17
On Wed, 07 Dec 1994 14:35:30 -0800
Jason Thorpe <thorpej@CS.ORST.EDU> wrote:
Ummm...let me clarify this a bit...I think it would be a bad idea for
bash to be the ``shell''...I think pdksh (or some other ksh-ish shell) is
a better idea...
> Bash has long been used here as a substitute for ksh: i.e...
I guess what I really mean by this is: It doesn't work for ***t...But
it's better than nothing...
>
> /bin/ksh -> /usr/local/bin/bash
>
> We have a lot of ksh users (because we have a lot of HP-UX machines) and
> the fact that we use YP so heavily leaves us looking for a
> ksh-substitute. I personally would like to see a real ksh-compatible
> implementation in NetBSD...
>
> My $0.02
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