update_etc_shells gone from cygport?

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Aug 30 11:44, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote:
> On 2016-08-30 11:15, Achim Gratz wrote:
> > Corinna Vinschen writes:
> > > > update_etc_shells /bin/tcsh /bin/csh
> > > > 
> > > > But I think we need to coordinate this with an updated base-cygwin.
> > > 
> > > base-cygwin?  Not base-files?
> > 
> > The file /etc/shells is currently installed by base-files from
> > /etc/defaults/etc/shells unless it had been altered.  So if you invent a
> > mechanism to alter the contents of the file, /etc/shells will cease to
> > be handled in pre-remove and post-install of base-files automatically,
> > I'd think.  We could then remove it of course.
> 
> Yes, /etc/shells would end up staying once altered by update_etc_shells, but
> I don't see an issue with that.

Ok, guys, give the word when you do this.

Yaakov, if you want to do it during my absence I announced on
cygwin-developers, feel free to rebuild the tcsh package.  I pick up the
new cygport file when I'm back.


Thanks,
Corinna

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