conf/75668: 4.11-RC1: /etc/shells missing /usr/local/bin/bash

[Giorgos Keramidas]

The following reply was made to PR conf/75668; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida at ceid.upatras.gr>
To: Randy Pratt <rpratt1950 at earthlink.net>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org, freebsd-doc at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: conf/75668: 4.11-RC1: /etc/shells missing /usr/local/bin/bash
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:59:11 +0200

 On 2005-02-23 23:08, Randy Pratt <rpratt1950 at earthlink.net> wrote:
 >On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:20:07 GMT
 >Giorgos Keramidas <keramida at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
 >> State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
 >> State-Changed-By: keramida
 >> State-Changed-When: Wed Feb 23 18:18:45 GMT 2005
 >> State-Changed-Why:
 >> The bash ports take care of updating /etc/shells at install
 >> and deinstall time.  Something else is wrong with the setup
 >> of the machine that exhibited the problem.
 >>
 >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=75668
 >
 > The problem exhibits itself during the initial installation of
 > the OS.  Its also dependent on which bash is included on the
 > cdrom media.  Some have bash and some have bash2.  That is what
 > seems to determine what goes in /etc/shells.
 >
 > Its not readily apparent of what you need to enter for a user's
 > bash shell when creating a new user at installation with sysinstall.
 > If bash2 is what is included in the packages, then entering
 > "/usr/local/bin/bash" generates an error.
 >
 > In the Handbook, Figure 2-62. Add User Information, shows
 > /usr/local/bin/bash as the shell when bash2 was previously
 > added.  In the past, this did work since both bash and bash2
 > were in the /etc/shells.
 >
 > The 4.11-RELEASE is long past so it doesn't matter for that but
 > I think some small disconnect is there.
 
 I think we have to update the Handbook.  I just deinstalled bash2 and
 installed it as a package (built locally, but that shouldn't matter).
 The package install/deinstall process correctly updates /etc/shells.
 
 This means that what seems like a mistake in the Handbook, is very
 probably just that: a bug of the Handbook (which should certainly
 be fixed).