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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.nla.gov.au!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newsrelay.netins.net!news.dacom.co.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!nntp.uio.no!news.kth.se!tybalt.admin.kth.se!merope.saaf.se!electra.saaf.se!not-for-mail From: gorhas@electra.saaf.se (G|ran Hasse) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Is replacing /bin/sh with bash recommended? Date: 21 Mar 1996 00:03:34 +0100 Organization: Svensk Amat|rAstronomisk F|rening Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4iq2s6$33o@electra.saaf.se> References: <4ih5qb$lae@blackice.winternet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: electra.saaf.se 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 >jdb@robigo.winternet.com \ that it prevents us from sticking to > \ the matter at hand. -Lewis Thomas >