Re: update_etc_shells gone from cygport?

[Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz at cygwin dot com>]

On 2016-08-30 11:15, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen writes:
> > > update_etc_shells /bin/tcsh /bin/csh
> > >
> > > But I think we need to coordinate this with an updated base-cygwin.
> >
> > base-cygwin?  Not base-files?
>
> The file /etc/shells is currently installed by base-files from
> /etc/defaults/etc/shells unless it had been altered.  So if you invent a
> mechanism to alter the contents of the file, /etc/shells will cease to
> be handled in pre-remove and post-install of base-files automatically,
> I'd think.  We could then remove it of course.

Yes, /etc/shells would end up staying once altered by update_etc_shells, 
but I don't see an issue with that.

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Yaakov