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Re: Need general snapshot testers
- From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at yandex dot ru>
- To: Thomas Wolff <towo at towo dot net>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:49:28 +0400
- Subject: Re: Need general snapshot testers
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Greetings, Thomas Wolff!
>>>>> Not specific to this snapshot but it happens when trying to test it:
>>>>> If a cygwin console is started from a cygwin terminal (e.g. in mintty:
>>>>> cygstart /Cygwin.bat), the TERM variable is set incorrectly.
>>>>> Suggested fix: ... unset TERM to Cygwin.bat.
>>>> unset would be better (more neutral) choice in a long-term, IMO.
>>> Actually, unset doesn't exist in cmd (blush).
>>> It should be "set TERM=" then.
>> However you spell it :)
>> Using same assignment in shell would have nearly equal results.
> Having something like case `tty` in /dev/cons*) TERM=cygwin;; esac in
> /etc/profile would be a clumsy workaround and possibly have tricky glitches.
Except not every shell read /etc/profile
> My proposal catches the issue at its root in the simplest way.
> I would provide a patch (if needed) if I had an idea in which package
> Cygwin.bat is hiding;-)
It's autogenerated.
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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 21.02.2014, <11:48>
Sorry for my terrible english...
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