Helmut Karlowski writes: >> Can you tell me in which circumstances this happens and why this is a >> problem? SHELL is supposed to be the user preference, so I don't think >> /etc/profile should try to second-guess it. > > /etc/profile is run before ~/.profile, and if that does not set SHELL > there will be none.
Yes, but why is this a problem? Note that bash will set it anyway if not present. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Wavetables for the Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#BlofeldUserWavetables -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
