Re: [HEADSUP] making /bin/sh the default shell for root

From: Marek Zarychta <zarychtam_at_plan-b.pwste.edu.pl>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:18:38 UTC
W dniu 22.09.2021 o 10:36, Baptiste Daroussin pisze:
> Hello,
> 
> TL;DR: this is not a proposal to deorbit csh from base!!!
> 
> For years now, csh is the default root shell for FreeBSD, csh can be confusing
> as a default shell for many as all other unix like settled on a bourne shell
> compatible interactive shell: zsh, bash, or variant of ksh.
> 
> Recently our sh(1) has receive update to make it more user friendly in
> interactive mode:
> * command completion (thanks pstef@)
> * improvement in the emacs mode, to make it behave by default like other shells
> * improvement in the vi mode (in particular the vi edit to respect $EDITOR)
> * support for history as described by POSIX.
> 
> This makes it a usable shell by default, which is why I would like to propose to
> make it the default shell for root starting FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE (not MFCed)
> 
> If no strong arguments has been raised until October 15th, I will make this
> proposal happen.
> 
> Again just in case: THIS IS NOT A PROPOSAL TO REMOVE CSH FROM BASE!
> 
> Best regards,
> Baptiste
>

Is /bin/csh going to become default toor's default shell since then?

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Marek Zarychta