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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!sun4nl!Utrecht.NL.net!news.iaf.nl!news.es.iaf.nl!yedi!wilko From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) Subject: Re: Is replacing /bin/sh with bash recommended? Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands Message-ID: <DoMvt2.19D@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <4ih5qb$lae@blackice.winternet.com> <4iq2s6$33o@electra.saaf.se> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 20:05:26 GMT Lines: 20 gorhas@electra.saaf.se (G|ran Hasse) writes: >In article <4ih5qb$lae@blackice.winternet.com>, >John D. Boggs <jdb@robigo.winternet.com> wrote: >>What sort of nasties (if any) should I expect if I replace /bin/sh >>with bash in FreeBSD-2.1.0? >> >You should NOT!!! do this. Some system scripts might use /bin/sh or some >future programmer might use /bin/sh as the "old" shell. You could freely use >bash everywere you like without replacing the old shell... >>John D. Boggs \ The great thing about human language is Whatever shell you want to put there: link it statically. I once replaced /bin/sh with bash which proved to be linked to the shared libs on the next reboot... ;-) Wilko