The new system profile and bashrc rely on a newer bash with /etc/bash/bashrc to colorize the prompt (ie, PS1). The current bash doesn't have the /etc/bash directory at all, so no more color prompt, unless the custom prompt is added back manually.
Sorry, I guess I should have mentioned my system info: rama root # emerge info Portage 2.0.50-r9 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1, 2.6.6) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.6 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.5.2 distcc 2.13 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=i686 -mcpu=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/fax /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control /var/spool/fax/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -mcpu=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache cvs distcc sandbox userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://megatron.arnolds.bogus/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://megatron.arnolds.bogus/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aalib acl acpi alsa apm arts avi bonobo cdr crypt cups dga directfb dvd emacs encode esd evo f77 fam fbcon flac foomaticdb freetype freetype2 gb gcj gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml imap imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit kde lame lcms ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pda pdflib perl plotutils png postgres python qt quicktime readline samba sasl sdl slang slp spell sse ssl tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype v4l v4l2 video_cards_radeon vorbis x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zeo zlib" I've unmasked several ~x86 things as well, but I always run x86 in make.conf, althouth events may have overtaken some of these (some of them are just to keep portage happy for system/world emerges): # My unmasked packages (still testing) # masked for now #=app-sci/maxima-5.9.0-r2 # new XFree unmask, needed for Radeon >=x11-base/xfree-4.3.99.902-r2 =media-libs/fontconfig-2.2.1 #>=sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2 # will this keep it out? no, needs to go in package.mask # x11-base/xfree-drm # 2.6 kernel headers # old #>=sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.6 >=sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.3 >=sys-apps/dbus-0.21 =media-video/realplayer-8-r5 #>=sys-apps/baselayout-1.8.6.12-r3 #>=sys-apps/findutils-4.1.20-r1 >=sys-devel/gcc-3.3.3-r2 >=sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.3-r1 >=sys-libs/glibc-2.3.4
Have you run etc-update to update any config files? Also, could you post your /etc/profile here? I don't seem to be having a problem with baselayout-1.9.4-r3 and bash-2.05b-r9. What versions of bash and baselayout do you have?
yeah, your mixing & matching of stable / unstable triggered this