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Re: Need general snapshot testers
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:13:02 -0500
- Subject: Re: Need general snapshot testers
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On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 04:17:11PM +0400, Andrey Repin wrote:
>>> >>>>> Not specific to this snapshot but it happens when trying to test it:
>>> >>>>> If a cygwin console is started from a cygwin terminal (e.g. in mintty:
>>> >>>>> cygstart /Cygwin.bat), the TERM variable is set incorrectly.
>>> >>>>> Suggested fix: ... unset TERM to Cygwin.bat.
>>> >>>> unset would be better (more neutral) choice in a long-term, IMO.
>>> >>> Actually, unset doesn't exist in cmd (blush).
>>> >>> It should be "set TERM=" then.
>>> >> However you spell it :)
>>> >> Using same assignment in shell would have nearly equal results.
>>> > Having something like case `tty` in /dev/cons*) TERM=cygwin;; esac in
>>> > /etc/profile would be a clumsy workaround and possibly have tricky glitches.
>>>
>>> Except not every shell read /etc/profile
>>>
>>> > My proposal catches the issue at its root in the simplest way.
>>> > I would provide a patch (if needed) if I had an idea in which package
>>> > Cygwin.bat is hiding;-)
>>>
>>> It's autogenerated.
>
>> ...by setup itself. Changing this would require to create a new setup.
>> Is it worth it?
>
>It's not a priority, but something that needs fix.
>
>> I mean, how often do people start Cygwin.bat from
>> mintty? I never occured to me to do that at all :}
>> And if so, why not just call it like this:
>
>> $ TERM=cygwin cygstart /Cygwin.bat
>
>For that, you need to know, that you need to do it this way.
Can we PLEASE move this to another thread? This has nothing to do with the
purpose of this thread.
cgf
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