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[Jason Flatt <jason AT flattfamily.com>]

I've been doing a little system maintenance this morning and running into a 
couple of quirks I thought I'd bring up to see if they are bugs that should 
be addressed or not.

The first thing is in the .bash_profile, our /etc/skel version (and $HOME 
versions as well) have the following snippet:

root@tbird:~# cat /etc/skel/.bash_profile
PATH1=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin
PATH2=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
PATH3=/usr/games:/usr/local/games
PATH4=/usr/bin/X11:~/bin
 PATH=$PATH1:$PATH2:$PATH3:$PATH4
  PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '

If our Source Mage systems are supposed to have a /usr directory that is free 
of a local directory, shouldn't those PATHs also be free of /usr/local paths? 
 
If that is a bug, which component shall I file it against?

The second thing is that in my /root directory, .bashrc is a copy 
of .bash_profile rather than a link to it.  In my /home/jason and in 
my /etc/skel, those files are links.  Is that a bug or by design?  If it is a 
bug, what component should I file it against?

Thanks.


-- 
Jason Flatt
Father of five: http://www.flattfamily.com/
Linux user: http://www.sourcemage.org/ - http://www.lvlug.org/