On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 8:42 PM, root <r...@ghostwheel.llnl.gov> wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: i686 > OS: linux-gnu - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client release 5.3 (Tikanga) > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' > -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -g -O2 > uname output: Linux ghostwheel.llnl.gov 2.6.28.7 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Feb 23 > 11:37:50 PST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 4.0 > Patch Level: 10 > Release Status: release > > Description: > no matter how I invoke bash, it will not run any of the startup > scripts: /etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bashrc - this is either being > started by /bin/login or in an xterm session > > Repeat-By: > login with /etc/passwd specifying /bin/bash as shell > exec /bin/bash --login --interactive > xterm > xterm -e /bin/bash -l -i >
It works for me, what makes you think that they are not loaded? can you paste the output of: strace -e trace=open bash -i -c 'echo $BASH_VERSION;exit' and strace -e trace=open bash -i -l -c 'echo $BASH_VERSION;exit'
