On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 09:54:35AM -0700, L A Walsh wrote: > On 2021/03/29 20:04, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 07:25:53PM -0700, L A Walsh wrote: > > > > > > I have both /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc call my configuration > > > scripts. Are there common paths that don't call one of those? > > > > A vanilla bash compiled from GNU sources with no modifications will > > not source /etc/bash.bashrc or /etc/bashrc or any other such file. > ---- > > So this manpage text is wrong (focusing on paths in /etc): > > When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a non-inter- > active shell with the --login option, it first reads and executes com- > mands from the file /etc/profile. Please note that the file > /etc/profile includes an autodetection shell code w(h)ether it has > to > source /etc/bash.bashrc. > > When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a non-inter- > active shell with the --login option, it first reads and executes com- > mands from the file /etc/profile, if that file exists. > Please note that the file /etc/profile includes an autodetection > shell code w(h)ether it has to source /etc/bash.bashrc.
This text is not part of upstream bash, nor part of Debian's patched version of bash. unicorn:/var/tmp/bash/bash-5.1/doc$ grep autodetect * unicorn:/var/tmp/bash/bash-5.1/doc$ man bash | grep autodetect unicorn:/var/tmp/bash/bash-5.1/doc$ I can't say whether it's correct on *your* system or not, since your system is using a different set of patches than mine. You'll have to discuss it with your vendor. > Not really pertinent how my distro compiles bash, as it's on my > short list of programs I compile myself. In that case, you *need* to discard that altered man page. It's got misinformation that will not be correct for your self-compiled bash. > SGI, took pains to have the graphical display manager read the login > scripts. I think suse does as well. I login with a Windows GUI (it > doesn't) > read *nix login scripts. Oh yeah, SuSE. SuSE is *notorious* for wreaking havoc with shell configs. Good luck with that!
