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Message #8 received at 29035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: 29035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] skel: Test for interactive shell instead of $SSH_CLIENT
 in .bashrc.
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 01:53:56 +0200

* gnu/system/shadow.scm (default-skeletons): Instead of testing for
$SSH_CLIENT, check whether '$-' includes the letter 'i'.
---
 gnu/system/shadow.scm | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/system/shadow.scm b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
index 236807c70..475960b89 100644
--- a/gnu/system/shadow.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
@@ -157,12 +157,11 @@ if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc; fi\n"))
 # honor it and otherwise use /bin/sh.
 export SHELL
 
-if [ -n \"$SSH_CLIENT\" -a -z \"`type -P cat`\" ]
+if [[ $- != *i* ]]
 then
     # We are being invoked from a non-interactive SSH session
-    # (as in \"ssh host command\") but 'cat' cannot be found
-    # in $PATH.  Source /etc/profile so we get $PATH and other
-    # essential variables.
+    # (as in \"ssh host command\").  Source /etc/profile so we
+    # get $PATH and other essential variables.
     source /etc/profile
 fi
 
-- 
2.14.3

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