[advocacy-discuss] [indiana-discuss] OpenSolaris Developer Preview 2 Available

[Joerg Schilling]

Brian Nitz <Brian.Nitz at Sun.COM> wrote:

> Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > Glynn Foster <Glynn.Foster at Sun.COM> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >>    o ksh93 is the default *system* shell (bash remains the default
> >>      user shell)
> >>     
> >
> > What do you understand by "*system* shell"?
> >
> > Jörg
> >
> >   
> It's the shell /usr/sh points to.  This satisfies backward compatibility 
> so you're not likely to have existing Solaris scripts break.  Having 
> /usr/bash be the default shell for interactive logins satisfies most 
> immigrants from linux.

Let me asume that you are talking abut /sbin/sh and /bin/sh.

Changing this to ksh93 will break compatibility.

BTW: I vote against allowing to replace /sbin/sh by something different than a 
100% compatible Bourne shell for distributions that like to use the OpenSolaris 
trademark. 

Jörg

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