From: "Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: /etc/profile: avoid multiple /usr/bin in PATH
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 21:59:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <op.x9ch0n1aofd6j1@frascati.upc.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <op.x9cgqf1pofd6j1@frascati.upc.de>
Am 08.12.2015, 22:31 Uhr, schrieb Helmut Karlowski:
>>> Yes, but why is this a problem? Note that bash will set it anyway if
>>> not present.
>
> All shells set it only when run as login-shell.
Wrong: Only bash gives it a value - ksh and dash export SHELL with no
value if none present. And IMHO SHELL should not be /bin/bash by default.
-Helmut
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-12-08 21:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-06 22:47 Helmut Karlowski
2015-12-08 21:01 ` Achim Gratz
2015-12-08 21:17 ` Helmut Karlowski
2015-12-08 21:21 ` Achim Gratz
2015-12-08 21:26 ` Helmut Karlowski
2015-12-08 21:31 ` Helmut Karlowski
2015-12-08 21:59 ` Helmut Karlowski [this message]
2016-09-04 11:32 ` Achim Gratz
2016-09-05 4:08 ` Doug Henderson
2016-09-05 17:57 ` Achim Gratz
2016-09-05 18:13 ` Vince Rice
2016-09-05 19:07 ` Achim Gratz
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