[indiana-discuss] scope

Jonathan Edwards Jonathan.Edwards at Sun.COM
Wed Aug 8 09:06:45 PDT 2007


On Aug 8, 2007, at 11:36, Josh Hurst wrote:

> On 8/8/07, Richard Elling <Richard.Elling at sun.com> wrote:
>> Keith Bierman wrote:
>>> So if the goal is to make not yet Solaris users maximally at home,
>>> shouldn't the default be bash?
>>
>> bash is the default for user accounts added with the GUI.
>
> Which GUI?

the User Account Editor

>> I presume the flamage here is based on the default for the root  
>> account.
>
> The flamage here is based on /bin/sh. /bin/sh is a the Bourne shell
> (not BourneAgainShell aka bash), creating pain for those who want to
> port or write applications for Solaris.

why not just make it an install option:
/bin/sh?
[  ] Bourne
[  ] Korn
[  ] Bourne Again
[  ] C
[  ] Zoidberg

of course choosing any church may make you a heretic to others

---
.je
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