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quoth the gentuxx: |
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> Hi all, |
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> |
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> This is sort of a n00bie question, but something I haven't really had |
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> to mess around with. I recently did an `emerge world` and after the |
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> update and a reboot, my root prompt has changed back to the gentoo |
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> default. It now seems that the /etc/bashrc and /etc/profile are |
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> overriding my root's .bashrc and .profile. In addition to the root |
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> prompt being changed, it seems that the PATH environment variable |
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> isn't complete. _Some_ utilities that are part of the gentoolkit (but |
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> not all) aren't found in the path (qpkg, equery, etc.). So what do I |
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> need to do to set things right, so my local setting override the |
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> global? Or is there a reason for this, and I should just modify the |
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> global, since it has if/else's for root? |
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> |
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> TIA |
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I have found the best way to deal with this is to add this snippet to the end |
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of /etc/profile: |
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if [ -e ~/.bashrc]; then |
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. ~/.bashrc |
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fi |
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The problem is that you need to add it again when you upgrade baselayout... |
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> gentux |
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> echo "hfouvyAdpy/ofu" | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' |
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> |
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> gentux's gpg fingerprint ==> 34CE 2E97 40C7 EF6E EC40 9795 2D81 924A |
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> 6996 0993 |
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-d |
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-- |
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darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org |
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"...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." |
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- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 |
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