Opened 23 years ago
Closed 22 years ago
#378 closed defect (fixed)
Change bash config to make non interactive shells behave as interactive
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| Priority: | highest | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Book | Version: | CVS |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | |
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Description
There are lot of reports on lfs-support and blfs-support related to problems with bash behaving differently for interactive shells and non-interactive shells.
A simple fix is to change the file config-top.h at compile time and comment out ""#define NON_INTERACTIVE_LOGIN_SHELLS". Redhat has been using it for a long time now and it is not reported to cause any problems since there is no hacking of the source involved, only a configuration change. Will be attaching a one liner patch to fix this.
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Change History (10)
by , 23 years ago
| Attachment: | bash-noninteractiveshell.patch added |
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comment:1 by , 23 years ago
Nice idea maybe to add as a comment to the bash installation (maybe, I didn't say it's going to happen) but this is a configure thing, not a bug fix. And quite frankly if people don't even bother reading the man page I really don't feel for them. The man page quite clearly explains how bash works and which files it reads under which circumstances.
comment:2 by , 23 years ago
| Priority: | normal → lowest |
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comment:4 by , 23 years ago
| Priority: | normal → low |
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comment:5 by , 22 years ago
| Priority: | low → highest |
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This one we should be able to get in before 5.0 - setting to P1
comment:7 by , 22 years ago
| Status: | assigned → new |
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comment:9 by , 22 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Added a note to the chapter 6 bash instructions regarding this possible change.
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