Re: [gentoo-user] New bashrc

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Saturday, 6 July 2024 17:31:08 BST Dale wrote:
>
>> Hope those files help. 
> Thank you Dale. In fact my problem turned out to be an invisible typo in a 
> bash script. You know, the sort that isn't there until the umpteenth time you 
> look, and there it is after all.  :)
>


Maybe that was my problem as well.  My main rig update went fairly
well.  The new rig, which had a fresh new set of never altered files,
went sideways.  I really hated over writing the files that way but I
didn't know of a better way. 

Given that things are moving to a directory now, I wish someone would
write a really good wiki page on how the new way works and have some
examples.  One thing I don't know and haven't found a answer too, the
numbers.  Does it read from low to high?  That makes sense.  Does a
setting from a file with a higher number override settings for files
with lower numbers?  That's a biggie.  When I tried to set my PS1
variable, it clashed with a Gentoo file which set the same variable.  It
seems one doesn't override the other but turns into a wreck, with
injuries.  My bash kinda got weird.  I couldn't login at all. 

I suspect someone will write one at some point.  I just wish it was
sooner rather than later.  I'm not clear on a few things. 

Glad to help.  :-D

Dale

:-)  :-) 

P. S.  I might add, xorg.conf is doing the same thing and I have the
same questions about it.  It seems a lot of things are going the
directory route and it can be a good thing, just confusing at times.