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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 installed
>>>>> 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 development,
>>> 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
>

It seems no one is interested.

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.

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

-- 
Chris J. Breisch

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