On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Ralf Habacker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the base-files package release 2.2-1 contains an error, which prevents
> global setting environment vars of profile.d scripts.
> The problem is in the line
>
> /bin/find /etc/profile.d -iname '*.sh' -type f | while read f; do
>
> the pipe seems to create a subshell, which limits the live time of the
> environment vars of the profile.d scripts to the end of the done statement.
> (see below)
>
> # Run all of the profile.d scripts
> # Note that these are supplied by separate packages
> /bin/find /etc/profile.d -iname '*.sh' -type f | while read f; do
> if [ -f "$f" ]; then
> . "$f"
> fi
> done
> ##>> here no profile.d env vars set
>
> Cheers
> Ralf
>
>
>
> ChangeLog
>
> 2003-08-23 Ralf Habacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> * etc/defaults/etc/profile: Fix problem not setting
> environment vars through profile.d scripts.
>
>
> $ diff -up etc/defaults/etc/profile.old etc/defaults/etc/profile
> --- etc/defaults/etc/profile.old 2003-09-15 14:19:46.000000000 +0200
> +++ etc/defaults/etc/profile 2003-09-15 14:20:14.000000000 +0200
> @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fi
>
> # Run all of the profile.d scripts
> # Note that these are supplied by separate packages
> -/bin/find /etc/profile.d -iname '*.sh' -type f | while read f; do
> +for f in `/bin/find /etc/profile.d -iname '*.sh' -type f`; do
> if [ -f "$f" ]; then
> . "$f"
> fi
Ralf,
This has already been reported (and should be fixed in the next release of
base-files). You should be able to find the relevant messages in the
cygwin-apps archives. FYI, your patch is not space-in-filename-friendly.
Igor
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