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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [Fwd: [Bug 53345] .bash_profile  script is not sourced]
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira () kdemail ! net>
Date:       2004-02-27 13:56:28
Message-ID: 200402271056.42330.thiago.macieira () kdemail ! net
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Simon Perreault wrote:
>On February 26, 2004 21:49, Matt Rogers wrote:
>> what if I have bash installed, but don't use it? That's the case
>> here. I use zsh and haven't touched my .bash_profile (or .bashrc for
>> that matter) in a while.
>
>Mmmmm? Where's the problem? Your .bash_profile has rotten?

Quite simple: it probably contains no useful information or 
configurations. And sourcing it would probably cause more damage than 
not doing anything at all.

The idea is: if you're going to do it, make sure the user's shell is 
bash.

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