On 2/26/2014 02:07, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Feb 25 18:37, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> On 2/25/2014 6:24 PM, Jim Burwell wrote: >>> On 2/25/2014 13:55, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>>> On Feb 25 13:52, Jim Burwell wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I've noticed after installing an update the Cygwin64 appears to ignore >>>>> the contents of the shell field in /etc/passwd. I normally run >>>>> /bin/tcsh as my shell, and changing this field used to result in any new >>>>> login shells running tcsh. Now it just runs bash regardless. >>>>> >>>>> Has something changed? >>>> No. Works for me. Do you start `mintty -'? >>>> >>>> >>>> Corinna >>>> >>> Interestingly, it works as expected with mintty, but not with xterm, >>> uxterm, uterm. >>> >>> Was going to try rxvt, but noticed it's not in Cygwin64. >>> >>> It also works when I ssh into my cygwin. >>> >>> So appears to be a problem with xterm and related? >> Yes, and it's a conscious change. See >> <https://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-xfree/2014-02/msg00005.html>. > 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? > Well, at least it wasn't a subconscious decision. :-)
Thanks for the pointer! I agree. Every distro should have a default /etc/shells with the typical shells in it. - Jim -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
