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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.

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Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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