Solved zsh - caveats?

poorandunlucky

poorandunlucky

So I'm reading the zsh introductory documentation here, and I'm wondering why it's not included in the base FreeBSD distribution, like, why it's not already on my system...

It seems way awesomer, way cleaner, and overall, much better than tcsh...

But maybe it's not...

And maybe you can tell me so I don't have to figure out myself ^_^
 
While many people like tsch, it seems to be the default root shell for historical reasons. Bourne style shells, (sh, bash, and zsh which has features from both C style shells like tcsh and Bourne style shells), are generally preferred. Here's something I wrote about it from 2008. (Not covering zsh, but a quick explanation, including why you should never change root's shell, though a user can have any shell they want.)
http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?p=4598

FreeBSD's base install has tsch and sh, for those who prefer Bourne style shells. The base install is kept small, and while adding a particular shell to it probably wouldn't be that big a deal, it's unnecessary since it can easily be installed after first boot.
 
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