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2017-Jun-26 13:14 UTC
[Bug 1762] Improve the documentation w.r.t. "the user's shell"
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1762 Vincent Lefevre <vincent-openssh at vinc17.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |vincent-openssh at vinc17.net --- Comment #4 from Vincent Lefevre <vincent-openssh at vinc17.net> --- (In reply to Damien Miller from comment #3)> re comment #1: I don't think this needs documentation, since it's a) > pretty standard behaviour for user programs to use $SHELL where > available (e.g. in ssh).It's not a standard behavior: many programs use system(), e.g. mailcap. However, their documentation doesn't say "the user's shell" in such a case. So perhaps "the user's shell" implies the use of $SHELL if set. This is still a bit confusing. For instance, ksh93 sets $SHELL to /bin/sh if it is not already set (!!!), and this is definitely not the user's shell. It's still not clear about the absolute pathname. Note that POSIX just uses the term "pathname" for both $SHELL and $0, while in $0, the pathname may be relative (in which case, resolved using $PATH). I've just raised an issue in the Austin Group mailing-list, hoping that this will be clarified in POSIX.> BTW, the ENVIRONMENT section is for variables that are set when > logging in, not variables that ssh uses internally so even if we > did document itYes, but if needed, there could be 2 parts under this section. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug. You are watching someone on the CC list of the bug.
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