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[Jason Flatt <jason AT flattfamily.com>]

On Friday 18 March 2005 08:41 am, Eric Sandall wrote:
> Quoting 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?
>
> Probably. I believe the ISO sets those up currently.

Hmm, since I now have two conflicting view points, I'll wait a bit before 
making waves.  :^)


> > 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.
>
> My .bashrc is a link to .bash_profile for root and in /etc/skel. Which ISO
> did you install from? The two installs I checked are from 0.9.3 and
> 0.9.4-test2.

It's probably from the 0.9.2 ISO.  It's been a while since I've been able to 
burn a new ISO, due to hardware problems.  I'll ignore this assuming it was 
from the old ISO.


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Jason Flatt
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