Re: gnome-core 1.0.54 "Bad Apple Pie" released

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Ali Abdin wrote:

> Ummm, there was a problem with gnome-terminal where if you did not have a 
> '/' in your shell (in /etc/passwd) then gnome-terminal would not start up 
> (i.e. you must usermode --shell /bin/bash2 instead of usermod --shell 
> bash2). This is bad because everything can handle it (Eterm, xterm, the 
> login console) except gnome-terminal. Was this fixed in this release?

The full path has to be in /etc/passwd. If usermode is allowing otherwise,
it's broken. It doesn't matter how many programs support this brokenness
or not.

-- Elliot
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.