Ticket #3689: 3689-bash-subshell.patch

src/subshell/common.c

@@ -355 +355 @@
     switch (mc_global.shell->type)
     {
     case SHELL_BASH:
-        execl (mc_global.shell->path, "bash", "-rcfile", init_file, (char *) NULL);
+        execl (mc_global.shell->path, mc_global.shell->name, "-rcfile", init_file, (char *) NULL);
         break;
 
     case SHELL_ZSH:

lib/shell.c

@@ -187 +187 @@
         mc_shell->type = SHELL_ASH_BUSYBOX;
         mc_shell->name = mc_shell->path;
     }
+    else if (strstr (mc_shell->real_path, "/bash") != NULL)
+    {
+        /* Sometimes /bin/sh or /bin/ash is a link to bash */
+        mc_shell->type = SHELL_BASH;
+        mc_shell->name = mc_shell->path;
+    }
     else
         mc_shell->type = SHELL_NONE;
 }