Re: Cygwin64 ignoring /etc/passwd shell field?

["Chris J. Breisch" <chris dot ml at breisch dot org>]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 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

It seems no one is interested.

I don't know anything about package maintenance for Cygwin, but this 
particular package doesn't look that hard. I'd be willing to give it a shot.

Is the information on this page (http://cygwin.com/setup.html) up-to-date?

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Chris J. Breisch

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