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Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:27:18 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Cygwin64 ignoring /etc/passwd shell field?
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On Mar 11 16:58, Chris J. Breisch wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Mar  6 14:40, Ken Brown wrote:
> >>On 3/3/2014 10:05 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >>>On Mar  3 08:55, Charles Wilson wrote:
> >>>>On 2/26/2014 5:07 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >>>>>Weird, I was pretty sure we already have an /etc/shells file install=
ed
> >>>>>by default.  Apparently not.  So, shan't we add one?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>   /bin/sh
> >>>>>   /bin/bash
> >>>>>   /bin/dash
> >>>>>   /bin/mksh
> >>>>>   /bin/zsh
> >>>>>   /usr/bin/sh
> >>>>>   /usr/bin/bash
> >>>>>   /usr/bin/dash
> >>>>>   /usr/bin/mksh
> >>>>>   /usr/bin/zsh
> >>>>>
> >>>>>The base-files package would be a good place to be.  David?
> >>>>Currently inetutils-server provides /etc/defaults/etc/shells. If
> >>>>that file is required by base functionality now, then I've no
> >>>>problem removing it and modifying inetutils' postinstall/preremove
> >>>>scripts. But we'll need to synchronize the uploads of
> >>>>inetutils-server-$next and base-files-$next.
> >>>>
> >>>>Speaking of base-files, version 4.1-2 has been in test now for over
> >>>>two years...works fine here and fixes a problem with $TEMP and other
> >>>>"standard" variable names: 4.1-1 set both $TEMP and $temp, but these
> >>>>are not distinguished by native processes, leading to confusion if a
> >>>>native process reset $TEMP (but not $temp).
> >>>I had a problem when running it in an early stage of 64 bit developmen=
t,
> >>>but I don't remember at all what the problem was.  Do you run it on
> >>>64 bit as well?
> >>I think this is what you're trying to remember:
> >>
> >>   http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-07/msg00114.html
> >
> >Thanks for finding this one!  Unfortunately David has left us,
> >apparently.
> >
> >Is anybody willing to take over maintainership of the base-files
> >package?
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Corinna
> >
>=20
> It seems no one is interested.
>=20
> I don't know anything about package maintenance for Cygwin, but this
> particular package doesn't look that hard. I'd be willing to give it
> a shot.

Thanks!  Yes, it's really not overly hard to maintain, you just have to
be prepared for some nagging since that package is in the forefront of
user experience when starting Cygwin the first time.

> Is the information on this page (http://cygwin.com/setup.html) up-to-date?

More or less.  The upload now works differently and is described on
https://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/package-upload.html


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
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