Rebuilding FreeBSD!

[David Benfell]

On 12/30/2015 10:06 PM, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> Not actually a different shell. Just install another one from 
> ports/packages. To avoid disappointments I recommend to leave csh or 
> sh in /etc/passwd at least for root.
Having used zsh for well over a decade in both Linux and BSD systems, I 
have never found it necessary to leave csh or sh or bash as the root 
shell. Scripts all have their own #! line so they'll use the shell 
they're written for (pretty much always sh in FreeBSD ports and the base 
system as far as I know).

I *do*, however, suggest keeping a copy of your preferred shell's 
package handy (pkg create is your friend), just in case something breaks 
in an upgrade.

And I agree about zsh versus bash. I'm sure there are some who will 
disagree with me and I suppose it's possible that my notion of expected 
behavior is a consequence of prejudice, but I find zsh's behavior much 
more predictable.

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David Benfell
benfell at parts-unknown.org