Problem with xterm-301-1
Matt Seitz (matseitz)
matseitz@cisco.com
Thu Feb 27 18:06:00 GMT 2014
> From: Thomas Dickey [mailto:dickey@his.com]
>
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 06:45:00PM +0000, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote:
> > > From: Ola Strömfors [mailto:ola.stromfors@gmail.com]
> > >
> > > After updating from 291-1 to 301-1 xterm starts /bin/sh instead of
> > > my shell specified in /etc/passwd or in the SHELL environment variable.
> > >
> > > The workaround I have found is to create /etc/shells with a list of
> > > permitted shells, e.g.
> >
>
> (whether xterm should use $SHELL incoming is a different issue that I
> am reconsidering)
Is there any ETA for a resolution of this issue?
I've been holding off on upgrading to xterm-301 because of this issue. I'm not sure if there is some patch coming soon (either to xterm or adding a default /etc/shells to Cygwin), or if I should just plan on manually creating my own "/etc/shells".
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