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 -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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