Cygwin64 ignoring /etc/passwd shell field?
Corinna Vinschen
corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Fri Mar 7 16:04:00 GMT 2014
On Mar 6 14:40, Ken Brown wrote:
> On 3/3/2014 10:05 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Mar 3 08:55, Charles Wilson wrote:
> >>On 2/26/2014 5:07 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >>>Weird, I was pretty sure we already have an /etc/shells file installed
> >>>by default. Apparently not. So, shan't we add one?
> >>>
> >>> /bin/sh
> >>> /bin/bash
> >>> /bin/dash
> >>> /bin/mksh
> >>> /bin/zsh
> >>> /usr/bin/sh
> >>> /usr/bin/bash
> >>> /usr/bin/dash
> >>> /usr/bin/mksh
> >>> /usr/bin/zsh
> >>>
> >>>The base-files package would be a good place to be. David?
> >>
> >>Currently inetutils-server provides /etc/defaults/etc/shells. If
> >>that file is required by base functionality now, then I've no
> >>problem removing it and modifying inetutils' postinstall/preremove
> >>scripts. But we'll need to synchronize the uploads of
> >>inetutils-server-$next and base-files-$next.
> >>
> >>Speaking of base-files, version 4.1-2 has been in test now for over
> >>two years...works fine here and fixes a problem with $TEMP and other
> >>"standard" variable names: 4.1-1 set both $TEMP and $temp, but these
> >>are not distinguished by native processes, leading to confusion if a
> >>native process reset $TEMP (but not $temp).
> >
> >I had a problem when running it in an early stage of 64 bit development,
> >but I don't remember at all what the problem was. Do you run it on
> >64 bit as well?
>
> I think this is what you're trying to remember:
>
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-07/msg00114.html
Thanks for finding this one! Unfortunately David has left us,
apparently.
Is anybody willing to take over maintainership of the base-files
package?
Thanks,
Corinna
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Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat
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