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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 12:30:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Dan Nelson <dnelson AT allantgroup DOT com>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Making zsh the default
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On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Dan Nelson wrote:

> Virginia Mann wrote:
> > Larry Hall kindly advised:
> >> Assuming you start bash now by clicking on the icon for cygwin.bat,
> >> simply
> >> edit that file, and replace "bash" with "zsh".  You'll need to review the
> >> man page for zsh to see what are the appropriate flags to pass to get a
> >> login shell.  I don't have zsh installed otherwise I might give you a
> >> clue. ;-)
> >
> > Are you kidding? That was the best clue you could have given!
> > My mental model was wrong. I was looking inside the system for
> > something that was in a "DOS" batch file.
>
> Now all that's needed is a way to let us not install bash...  Why does
> setup.exe insist on selecting the bash package?  I have to remember to
> cycle it back to "Skip" every time.

Not a very good idea.  While cygwin itself does not depend on bash, some
other applications (notably, sh-utils) do depend on it.  Some
postinstall/preremove scripts might also require bash.  That's why you
have to explicitly set it to "Skip" - it's selected because of a
dependence.  If you choose to violate this dependence, you should be aware
of the consequences.
	Igor
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