[arch-releng] [PATCH] Ust zsh as default interactive shell

[Dave Reisner]

On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 01:13:54PM +0200, Pierre Schmitz wrote:
> This installs zsh and sets it as default for root and the arch user.
> grml-zsh-config is installed as a userfriendly default configuration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pierre Schmitz <pierre at archlinux.de>
> ---

I think this is fine. It'll throw some people off, but ZSH really is a
better interactive shell. sysresccd does this and its rather nice. It
isn't like bash won't be available if it becomes _that_ unpleasant for
the user.

> 
> This might look controversial, so let me explain. As our new install method is based on the usage of various cli tools our plain ash setup gets a little inconvinient. This patch adds zsh and a feature rich default config. We will get menu based completion and inline help for e.g. pacman but also our install scripts, rc.d and a lot of other tools. This should make the iso easier to use and more accessable.
> 
> I haven't found any real downside here, so let me know if you can think of any. Also please try it first if you haven't yet. E.g. try things like pacstrap -<tab> etc..
> 
> If there are no major concerns I would suggest we try this for at least one release. With our monthly releases we can simply revert this for the next one if user feedback is all negative.
> 
>  configs/releng/build.sh        | 5 ++++-
>  configs/releng/packages.i686   | 2 ++
>  configs/releng/packages.x86_64 | 2 ++
>  3 Dateien geändert, 8 Zeilen hinzugefügt(+), 1 Zeile entfernt(-)
> 
> diff --git a/configs/releng/build.sh b/configs/releng/build.sh
> index 5352000..f1b1693 100755
> --- a/configs/releng/build.sh
> +++ b/configs/releng/build.sh
> @@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ make_customize_root_image() {
>              -r 'locale-gen' \
>              run
>          mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}" -C "${pacman_conf}" -D "${install_dir}" \
> -            -r 'useradd -m -p "" -g users -G "audio,disk,optical,wheel" arch' \
> +            -r 'usermod -s /bin/zsh root' \
> +            run
> +        mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}" -C "${pacman_conf}" -D "${install_dir}" \
> +            -r 'useradd -m -p "" -g users -G "audio,disk,optical,wheel" -s /bin/zsh arch' \
>              run
>          : > ${work_dir}/build.${FUNCNAME}
>      fi
> diff --git a/configs/releng/packages.i686 b/configs/releng/packages.i686
> index aaf0f37..0b23596 100644
> --- a/configs/releng/packages.i686
> +++ b/configs/releng/packages.i686
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ efibootmgr
>  elinks
>  gnu-netcat
>  gptfdisk
> +grml-zsh-config
>  grub-bios
>  haveged
>  hdparm
> @@ -45,3 +46,4 @@ vpnc
>  wireless_tools
>  wpa_actiond
>  zd1211-firmware
> +zsh
> diff --git a/configs/releng/packages.x86_64 b/configs/releng/packages.x86_64
> index 24f655f..09c3c94 100644
> --- a/configs/releng/packages.x86_64
> +++ b/configs/releng/packages.x86_64
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ efibootmgr
>  elinks
>  gnu-netcat
>  gptfdisk
> +grml-zsh-config
>  grub-bios
>  grub-efi-x86_64
>  haveged
> @@ -46,3 +47,4 @@ vpnc
>  wireless_tools
>  wpa_actiond
>  zd1211-firmware
> +zsh
> -- 
> 1.7.11.3