From: Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: 29337-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29337: Bash reads system-wide bashrc unconditionally.
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:35:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tvwxqyzf.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878tev9z8t.fsf@gnu.org>
Ludovic Courtès writes:
> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès writes:
>>
>>> Heya,
>>>
>>> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> skribis:
>>>
>>>> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> skribis:
>>>>
>>>>>> On CentOS 7, the following happens (yes, I added the echo-statement to
>>>>>> /etc/bashrc on CentOS as well):
>>>>>> $ env - bash --init-file <(echo "echo \"Goodbye, world\"") -i
>>>>>> Goodbye, world
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On GuixSD:
>>>>>> $ env - bash --init-file <(echo "echo \"Goodbye, world\"") -i
>>>>>> Hello, world
>>>>>> Goodbye, world
>>>
>>>> Well it seems that it isn't ignored when it ought to be ignored -> when
>>>> specifying --init-file. This is a difference between how Bash works on
>>>> CentOS 7, and how Bash works on Guix(SD). I can't find a
>>>> user-configurable option to make it work the same as on CentOS 7.
>>>
>>> Now, we’re compiling Bash with "-DSYS_BASHRC='\"/etc/bashrc\"'". I
>>> wonder if removing that flag solves the --init-file case.
>>
>> It does. So, I have a custom bash package for my specific use-case.
>> I'm not sure how it affects other functionality, but I would like it if
>> we could make this change upstream at some point.
>
> Now’s the time to make that change in ‘core-updates’!
>
> I don’t think it breaks things on GuixSD because /etc/profile sources
> /etc/bashrc anyway.
>
> Thoughts?
I don't think it'll break things. So I guess I'm too late for the
core-updates cycle. Should I push this change to core-updates for the
next cycle?
Kind regards,
Roel Janssen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-11 11:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-17 12:16 bug#29337: Bash reads system-wide bashrc unconditionally Roel Janssen
2017-11-17 21:04 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-11-20 21:48 ` Roel Janssen
2017-11-21 8:50 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-11-24 15:46 ` Roel Janssen
2017-11-24 20:51 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-12-11 11:35 ` Roel Janssen [this message]
2017-12-11 13:19 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-12-11 15:31 ` Roel Janssen
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