X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 21:22:13 +0100 From: David Sastre To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Why 'script' utility require SHELL (and work fine under Linux)? Message-ID: <20111104202213.GA10510@jethro.local.lan> References: <4EB372A3.6020806@laposte.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4EB372A3.6020806@laposte.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 06:05:39AM +0100, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: > the base-file maintainer has been BCC'ed to add the export SHELL to > the /etc/profile. GNU/Linux login sets SHELL to bash, mksh, ... whilst ssh sets SHELL to /bin/bash, /bin/posh, /bin/mksh ... Given that there is no real login into cygwin (yet?), SHELL should be set to the expected login value. Assuming SHELL would be set and exported for login shells, i.e., further (nested) callings to interactive, non-login shells would inherit the original (login) SHELL value (as in GNU/Linux): $ echo $SHELL bash $ mksh $ echo $SHELL bash It could be fixed for bash, zsh, and mksh. Even for nested calls to login shells (which GNU/Linux doesn't honor) by setting SHELL=20 for every ifdef in /etc/profile. Collateral damage: -posh works OK if set as login shell in /etc/passwd, but it is broken=20 when called from command line as login shell (i.e. it ignores both=20 /etc/profile and ~/.profile) -sh thinks she's bash: =20 $ bash -l $ echo $SHELL bash $ mksh -l $ echo $SHELL mksh $ sh -l $ echo $SHELL bash $ posh -l $ echo $SHELL bash In short: it's not clear to me how to add this functionality consistently. --=20 Huella de clave primaria: AD8F BDC0 5A2C FD5F A179 60E7 F79B AB04 5299 EC56 --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAk60SXUACgkQ95urBFKZ7FaLhAD+Nu5SDSxg57bqr0t6pmroHmic SV+g5Xw1q3TWy1K8EcUA/iop7Lwgah32Z8oOagAwBCDabOdOsFTSdOrrPIqIJJU2 =z5Q/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS--