Re: [HEADSUP] making /bin/sh the default shell for root

On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 05:19:38AM -0400, Daniel Morante via freebsd-current wrote:
> Will history/completion continue to work the same way? (for example typing
> part of the command, pressing UP and having it complete based on history)

No, this is a csh specific behaviour. (not it can probably be doable via
.shrc, but I haven't checked)

Best regards,
Bapt
> 
> On 9/22/2021 4:36 AM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > TL;DR: this is not a proposal to deorbit csh from base!!!
> > 
> > For years now, csh is the default root shell for FreeBSD, csh can be confusing
> > as a default shell for many as all other unix like settled on a bourne shell
> > compatible interactive shell: zsh, bash, or variant of ksh.
> > 
> > Recently our sh(1) has receive update to make it more user friendly in
> > interactive mode:
> > * command completion (thanks pstef@)
> > * improvement in the emacs mode, to make it behave by default like other shells
> > * improvement in the vi mode (in particular the vi edit to respect $EDITOR)
> > * support for history as described by POSIX.
> > 
> > This makes it a usable shell by default, which is why I would like to propose to
> > make it the default shell for root starting FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE (not MFCed)
> > 
> > If no strong arguments has been raised until October 15th, I will make this
> > proposal happen.
> > 
> > Again just in case: THIS IS NOT A PROPOSAL TO REMOVE CSH FROM BASE!
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Baptiste
> > 
>