179025 2007-05-18 17:43 0000 app-portage/cfg-update breaks backward compatibility when using /etc/profile 2007-05-18 23:28:00 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Applications 2006.1 All Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 trivial --- 1 dpblnt@gmail.com truedfx@gentoo.org xentric@zeelandnet.nl dpblnt@gmail.com 2007-05-18 17:43:13 0000 i don't have a .bashrc, thus i use cfg-update with ALIASFILE = /etc/profile after upgrading to cfg-update-1.8.2 i tried running cfg-update -u -a and got a complaint about: cfg-update -u -a >>> cfg-update-1.8.2: Creating checksum index... /root/.bashrc not found! This file is important for properly setting up the root account. Created a pre-configured /root/.bashrc file for you... The bash shell will now load /etc/profile when you "su" to root... Now type: "source /root/.bashrc" to load it. in my /etc/cfg-update.conf i still have ALIASFILE = /etc/profile Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Expected Results: to keep the old way working. truedfx@gentoo.org 2007-05-18 17:58:06 0000 Right, the checks for root's bashrc use ALIASFILE in one place, and are hardcoded to /root/.bashrc in another. Stephan, would you mind changing that to check ALIASFILE in both places? xentric@zeelandnet.nl 2007-05-18 20:23:11 0000 1. The alias_file variable is only used to check if the user still has the alias enabled in the specified file. Because cfg-updat1.8.2 uses hooks, the alias can be disabled! 2. The previous version of cfg-update had an option --on to set up the alias. If the aliasfile was not found, the script would copy a preconfigured .bashrc file to /root. That file contained the alias, but also another important line. The line that sources /etc/profile when you log into your shell as root. Now there is no need for the alias anymore, and the --on option has been removed. But the script still copies a pre-configured /root/.bashrc, if it's missing, to properly set up the root account. I never heard users complain about this... I'll change the script so it uses the alias_file variable in the check for /root/.bashrc so if you set it to /etc/profile, it will not create a /root/.bashrc anymore. xentric@zeelandnet.nl 2007-05-18 21:05:30 0000 uploaded the new 1.8.2-r1 tarball with fixes for #179026 and #179025 truedfx@gentoo.org 2007-05-18 23:28:00 0000 And fixed, thanks!