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

[Glynn Foster]

Hey,

Joerg Schilling wrote:
> 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"?

My fault for not figuring out the right terminology.

> 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. 

Remember, this is a developer preview - so we're using these releases to figure 
things out, and understand more about the system.


Glynn