Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2005-12-16 13:47:21 -0500, Chet Ramey wrote:
>> Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>>> When I start bash with "bash --rcfile /etc/bash.bashrc", the problem
>>> occurs. But if I type "bash --norc" then "source /etc/bash.bashrc",
>>> it doesn't occur. What's the difference between them?
>> The difference is that readline initializes itself after
>> /etc/bash.bashrc is read in the former case, and before it's read in
>> the latter. That would seem to point to /etc/bash.bashrc.
>
> Possibly another problem: it seems that --rcfile is buggy.
>
> dixsept:~> bash --norc
> bash-3.1$
>
> dixsept:~> bash --rcfile /dev/null
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
>
> Shouldn't I have got the same prompt?
Nope. Debian compiles bash to source /etc/bash.bashrc at startup,
before the user rcfile is sourced. If --norc is supplied, that is
suppressed.
Chet
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