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From: cgl@acpub.duke.edu (Cameron Lampley)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: shells
Date: 14 Feb 1997 16:59:20 GMT
Organization: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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Geez, I don't beleive so many people fell for my childish little
flame-bait. I'm hoping that the reason there were so many responses is
that, despite my tone, I made a semi-valid point rather than just spewing
random abuse. I was indeed surprised by the base installation's lack of
decent shells, but as many people pointed out, I have no reason to complain
because post installation is pretty trivial.
Perhaps the best thing about the daunting lack of shells is that it
introduced to the fabulous port collection. When I read about it on the web
page I was thinking, no way is this going to work without me jumping through
hoops. But to my surprise, I downloaded the port, untarred, typed make and
boom, like magic it ftp'd the source, patched, and compiled flawlessly.
That was about the neatest thing I've ever seen. Not that it is some kind
of huge technical feat, but I thout it was pretty cool.
cam