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RE: Problem with xterm-301-1
- From: "Matt Seitz (matseitz)" <matseitz at cisco dot com>
- To: "cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Cc: "dickey at his dot com" <dickey at his dot com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:05:48 +0000
- Subject: RE: Problem with xterm-301-1
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- References: <20140220224047 dot GC3983 at aerie dot jexium-island dot net>
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> From: Thomas Dickey [mailto:dickey@his.com]
>
> 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.
> >
>
> (whether xterm should use $SHELL incoming is a different issue that I
> am reconsidering)
Is there any ETA for a resolution of this issue?
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 creating my own "/etc/shells".
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