On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Ángel González <an...@16bits.net> wrote:
> Chet Ramey wrote: > > The current configurable startup file options are insufficient for > > their purposes because they can be enabled or disabled by vendors, > > and these folks would rather not modify the "vendor" parts of the > > system. In some cases, with some Linux distributions, doing so voids > > their support. > > How are they going to deal with vendors disabling the new configuration > file, too? > > "Create a new configuration file" is the wrong "solution" to "the > vendor disables existing configuration files". > Vendors do not do it for tcsh or zsh. They also don't do it for /etc/profile. What we are asking for is a file that is always sourced on all shells (at least the interactive ones) just like /etc/profile. The problem is that /etc/bashrc is optional. You have to modify config-top.h to make it work. Chet view that it be made a configuration option is not a viable option for us. It has to be always work in all cases or it will be just like Ángel González and won't be a solution we can use. R. -- Robert McLay, Ph.D. TACC Manager, HPC Software Tools (512) 232-8104
