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Re: mksh import



On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 02:33:26PM -0500, Alex Goncharov wrote:
> ,--- You/Roy (Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:32:09 +0000) ----*
> | On Sat, 2011-01-01 at 12:37 -0500, Alex Goncharov wrote:
> | > But is sucks to use /bin/sh on the command line on any platform, IMHO.
> | 
> | Why? I use the stock /bin/sh as my shell of choice on NetBSD and have no
> | issue with it. It meets my needs of an interactive shell quite nicely.
> 
> You are right: I am taking my words back -- not on any platform.
> 
> On FreeBSD '/bin/sh -o emacs' is quite decent for the interactive use,
> with the command line history and some editing abilities.  Similarly,
> IIRC, /bin/ksh on NetBSD.

Um, the existing NetBSD /bin/sh has all this.  And without the bugs that
our present /bin/ksh drags along.

Thor


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