On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 11:10:40PM -0800, David Lawyer wrote: > On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 08:37:34PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > retitle 283764 xfree86-common: Xsession can barf if user has aliased ls to > > force colors on > > thanks > > > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 11:14:40PM -0800, David Lawyer wrote: > > > Package: xfree86-common > > > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1.-1 > > > > Version *what*? > dpkg --status shows: Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1
Okay, that makes more sense. Note that this string is not the same as the one in your original report. > > > This is because I have in my /etc/profile: > > > > > > if [ $TERM = linux -o $TERM = xterm ]; then > > > if [ $TERM = linux ]; then > > > eval `dircolors`; > > > ls () { command ls --color $* ; } > > > fi > > > else > > > ls () { command ls -F $* ; } > > > ..... > > 1) Don't override the names of Unix commands, even in your interactive > > shell environment. It promotes bad habits. Actually if you use an alias instead of a shell function for this, it should work right. > > 2) Never use "ls" when "echo" will suffice. I remember now that I was using ls deliberately, because I wanted one script name per line. But I'm killing off the internal run_parts() anyway in -11. -- G. Branden Robinson | Ambition: an overmastering desire Debian GNU/Linux | to be vilified by enemies while [EMAIL PROTECTED] | living and ridiculed by friends http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | when dead. -- Ambrose Bierce
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