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and subject line Re: Bug#396619: bash: Bash 2.05b-26 needs documentation for
the 'SHELL' environment variable
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regarding bash: Bash 2.05b-26 needs documentation for the 'SHELL' environment
variable
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: bash
Version: 2.05b-26
Severity: normal
bash 2.05b-26 does not document the 'SHELL' environment variable that is
automatically set by bash.
I went through the man page and the docs in bash-doc and could find no
references to this environment variable.
It appears to be automatically set to the path to the bash binary.
Unfortunately this is exported to subproccess, which may be other shells
such as dash, leading to confusion and misinformation.
example from bash prompt:
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
$ /bin/dash
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
This environment variable should be documented as to its usage and
purpose.
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (470, 'testing'), (460, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-3-686
Locale: LANG=en_CA, LC_CTYPE=en_CA (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages bash depends on:
ii base-files 3.1.2 Debian base system miscellaneous f
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii passwd 1:4.0.3-31sarge9 change and administer password and
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 3.1-2
at least documented in 3.1 and later versions.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Package: bash
> Version: 2.05b-26
> Severity: normal
>
>
> bash 2.05b-26 does not document the 'SHELL' environment variable that is
> automatically set by bash.
> I went through the man page and the docs in bash-doc and could find no
> references to this environment variable.
> It appears to be automatically set to the path to the bash binary.
> Unfortunately this is exported to subproccess, which may be other shells
> such as dash, leading to confusion and misinformation.
>
> example from bash prompt:
> $ echo $SHELL
> /bin/bash
> $ /bin/dash
> $ echo $SHELL
> /bin/bash
>
> This environment variable should be documented as to its usage and
> purpose.
>
> *** /home/brian/.reportbug.sig
>
> NOTE: Due to debian.org's inadequate measures to prevent email address
> harvesting from bugs.debian.org, you must include "Bug#", without the
> quotes, in the subject of any email that you wish to send me directly.
> Automated messages sent by the emial list daemon already do this.
> Thank You.
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 3.1
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (470, 'testing'), (460, 'unstable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-3-686
> Locale: LANG=en_CA, LC_CTYPE=en_CA (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
>
> Versions of packages bash depends on:
> ii base-files 3.1.2 Debian base system miscellaneous
> f
> ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> an
> ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal
> hand
> ii passwd 1:4.0.3-31sarge9 change and administer password
> and
>
> -- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
