On 2014-02-27 01:03, Jim Burwell wrote: > On 2/26/2014 15:53, Jim Burwell wrote: >> 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. >> > Or on second thought, the shells themselves should run a post install > which add themselves to /etc/shells.
Really? What if someone doesn't want to allow e.g. /bin/fish for some reason (missing from the list btw). It would be terrible to have it reappear simply because the fish package was updated. Cheers, Peter -- 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