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Re: add fish to /etc/shells (base-files)
- From: Andrew Schulman <schulman dot andrew at epa dot gov>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 15:30:02 -0400
- Subject: Re: add fish to /etc/shells (base-files)
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> While I'm always ready to reconsider previous decisions, this is how it
> appears to be handled in Linux distros. The implication thereof is that
> (once all packages have been adapted) the default /etc/shells should
> only contain those shells available by default (namely, sh, bash, and
> /sbin/nologin), e.g.:
>
> https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/setup.git/tree/shells
Agreed.
> Probably best if we have a cygport function for creating the necessary
> postinstall and preremove commands.
Yes, that's what I was thinking. I'll draft one when I have some time.
Andrew
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