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Re: Need general snapshot testers


On Feb 21 11:49, Andrey Repin wrote:
> 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.

...by setup itself.  Changing this would require to create a new setup.
Is it worth it?  I mean, how often do people start Cygwin.bat from
mintty?  I never occured to me to do that at all :}
And if so, why not just call it like this:

  $ TERM=cygwin cygstart /Cygwin.bat


Corinna

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