From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] p9p mk issue 
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:01:09 -0500
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> To me what is suboptimal is that the default shell is
> *different* on plan9 mk and p9p mk.  

Mk has run on Unix for a very long time,
much longer than p9p has existed, and its
default shell there has always been /bin/sh.
On Plan 9 the default has always been /bin/rc.
The p9p mk straddles both worlds.
Either choice of default would have bothered
some of mk's users.  

I'm sorry the one I picked bothers you.

Russ