On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 06:45:00PM +0000, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote:
> > From: Ola Strömfors [mailto:ola.stromfors@gmail.com]
> > 
> > After updating from 291-1 to 301-1 xterm starts /bin/sh instead of
> > my shell specified in /etc/passwd or in the SHELL environment variable.
> > 
> > The workaround I have found is to create /etc/shells with a list of
> > permitted shells, e.g.
> 
> >From http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log-contents.html#xterm_301:
> 
> Patch #301 - 2014/01/19
> only set SHELL environment variable to programs found in /etc/shells (prompted by patch/report by Al Poole).

yes.

(whether xterm should use $SHELL incoming is a different issue that I
am reconsidering)

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