bash 3.1-1 "exec -l" doesn't start login shell

[Dave]

Eric wrote:
>According to David Rothenberger on 1/12/2006 9:21 AM:
> 
>> "bash --login" works fine, but the problem with "-bash" prevents chere
>> from starting login shells. It may be possible to modify chere to use
>> "bash --login", but this is still a bash bug, right?
>
> Yes, it is a regression in bash 3.1, and Tim Waugh proposed a patch here:
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.shells.bash.bugs/8634
>
> I will include that, as well as official patches 2-5, when I next roll
> bash-3.1-2.

Argh. Crossed emails - that's what I get for reading the list on the web.

Thanks Eric.

Dave.

PS. Apologies for repeatedly killing the thread history. That's what I get with yahoo.

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