From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14242 invoked by alias); 27 Feb 2014 22:00:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 14229 invoked by uid 89); 27 Feb 2014 22:00:29 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: vms173019pub.verizon.net Received: from vms173019pub.verizon.net (HELO vms173019pub.verizon.net) (206.46.173.19) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:00:27 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([unknown] [71.178.10.220]) by vms173019.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0N1O00FAVD4L30B0@vms173019.mailsrvcs.net> for cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:00:26 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (aerie [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id s1RM0KbP003989 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:00:20 -0500 Received: (from tom@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id s1RM0K92003988 for cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:00:20 -0500 Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:00:00 -0000 From: Thomas Dickey To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problem with xterm-301-1 Message-id: <20140227220020.GA3938@aerie.jexium-island.net> Reply-to: dickey@his.com References: <20140220224047.GC3983@aerie.jexium-island.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary=ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-disposition: inline In-reply-to: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-02/txt/msg00018.txt.bz2 --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-length: 1408 On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 06:05:48PM +0000, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote: > > From: Thomas Dickey [mailto:dickey@his.com] > >=20 > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 06:45:00PM +0000, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote: > > > > From: Ola Str=F6mfors [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 varia= ble. > > > > > > > > The workaround I have found is to create /etc/shells with a list of > > > > permitted shells, e.g. > > > > >=20 > > (whether xterm should use $SHELL incoming is a different issue that I > > am reconsidering) >=20 > Is there any ETA for a resolution of this issue? I added that to my changes for #302 yesterday, and have a couple more issues to resolve (probably #302 will be available this weekend) > I've been holding off on upgrading to xterm-301 because of this issue. I= 'm > not sure if there is some patch coming soon (either to xterm or adding a > default /etc/shells to Cygwin), or if I should just plan on manually crea= ting > my own "/etc/shells". With #302, this will work: SHELL=3Dwhatever xterm but this is a special case (the program will run - a fix - but will need to be in /etc/shells to have xterm set $SHELL): xterm whatever --=20 Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline Content-length: 198 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlMPtXQACgkQcCNT4PfkjtufdQCfZmardTpe1IrUnuceHhl8MwtH 8tUAn0q8PxbnUrCZ1CAZQpDN0Nbm5jwn =I/dW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv--