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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:00:15 +0100 (BST)
From: Antony Baxter <antony_baxter AT yahoo DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: 1.5.18: Problem launching URLs from Pine
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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> According to Antony Baxter on 8/31/2005 2:02 AM:
> 
>> % echo $SHELL
> 
>> returns /bin/bash, but stdlib's getenv("SHELL")
>> returns null. Pine uses getenv("SHELL") to figure
 >> out how to execute external apps.
>> 
>> Explicitly setting SHELL to /bin/bash allows Pine
 >> to work.
> 
> Sounds like a bug should be reported upstream to
Pine
 > to use /bin/sh when SHELL is undefined!

Oh right - I forgot to mention - it defaults to csh
otherwise. I don't have csh installed. Pine doesn't
report this.

Ant.



		
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