On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:20:43 -0400 Dave Feustel <dfeustel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 03:49:37PM -0700, Aldo Foot wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Dave Feustel <dfeustel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > That update started all by itself. Something in the auto-updates is screwed up then. > > > > > > Not really. The yum-updatesd is simply to let you know that there are updates > > available. That's what causes that pop up message to come up every now > > and then. System updates should not start by themselves as far as I know; unless > > you have an automated script. But then again, we're running Fedora. > > ~af > > which brings up an off-topic question I have been wondering about: > > why does linux root use Bash instead of ksh (my favorite shell for the last 20 years :-) )? > Is Bash superior to ksh? I have not changed the root shell from Bash to ksh for fear of breaking > fedora scripts that depend upon Bash features. History: ksh was non-free for much of the lifetime of the Linux project. Bash was and is free software. Scripts should be specifing /bin/bash explicitly if using extensions, YMMV... -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
