In the last episode (Nov 11), Kevin Lyons said: > I have (re)discovered that tcsh is not csh although the tcsh man page > falsely asserts backward compatibility. Trying to do a simple read > of multiword variables in tcsh fails yet works find on csh. The tcsh > man page admits as much when one gets to the $< part. > > The point is, csh should be the basic backward compatibly lowest > common denominator between systems. This is a real problem. I > humbly suggest that those that want the bang of tcsh can do a pkg_add > just like the morons that want bash instead of sh.
You can install the shells/44bsd-csh port if you want the original csh. Read up on all the arguments for an against the switch in the thread starting at http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (sorry, best link I could find), but you're 4 years too late to affect the outcome... -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
