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authorRoger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>2012-05-23 23:40:18 +0100
committerRoger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>2012-05-23 23:45:40 +0100
commit90c028d83d188b1f07e8fc08e351263b1cc124c7 (patch)
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NEWS: Document shell fallbacks
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@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ configuration.
rather than the user's shell, in order to ensure consistent
behaviour.
+ 2) Add shell fallbacks. When running a login shell, try $SHELL (if
+ preserving the environment), or else passwd pw_shell, then
+ /bin/bash and finally /bin/sh. This may be overidden using the
+ shell configuration key, which may in turn be overidden by the
+ --shell option.
+
* Major changes in 1.5.2:
1) Support for overlayfs has been added in addition to the existing