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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [Fwd: [Bug 53345] .bash_profile  script is not sourced]
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2004-02-29 20:57:04
Message-ID: 40425220.6030707 () acm ! org
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Matt Rogers wrote:
> On Thursday 26 February 2004 08:26 pm, Simon Perreault wrote:
> 
>>On February 26, 2004 20:57, Thiago Macieira wrote:
>>
>>>It could. But there's nothing stopping a user from deciding he wants to
>>>replace bash as /bin/sh with a standard Bourne shell.
>>
>>No, no, I mean, if /bin/bash is found, then simply output "#!/bin/bash
>>--login" instead of "#!/bin/sh".
>>
>>That's actually JRT's solution. It's simple, it works and doesn't cause
>>problems for anyone.
> 
> 
> 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. 

Well, first since you know enough to have changed your shell, you are 
considered to be a knowledgeable user that could figure out how to fix 
this. :-)

According to theory, all UNIX systems should have a POSIX/Bourne compatible 
shell that is invoked by the command: "/bin/sh".  IIUC, zsh will do this.

So, basically if your: "~/.bash_profile" scripts aren't up to date and the 
: "~/.profile" scripts are, then you should delete the outdated ones -- 
Bash will use the: "~/.profile" file when started as login if it can't find 
the: "~/.bash_profile" script.  So, it should work OK unless you have put 
zsh specific stuff in: "~/.profile".  In that case, you need to make your: 
"Xsession" script run with 'zsh' by changing the first line to point to zsh.

You shouldn't have to worry about the: "~/.bashrc" file unless you modified 
it at some time since Konsole should use the '*rc" file for the shell that 
you are using interactively -- the one specified in: "SHELL".  If it 
doesn't, this is another issue.

--
JRT
 
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