Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to delete the previous environment settings directly after chrooting prior to reading .bashrc ?

Jonathan Callen <jcallen@g.o> [17-02-20 02:39]:
> On 02/18/2017 02:00 AM, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
> > Ian Zimmerman <itz@×××××××.net> [17-02-18 07:52]:
> >> On 2017-02-17 17:40, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
> >>
> >>> is there any clean way to delete the environment completly
> >>> right after chrooting into a alternate root installation
> >>> -- except using 'login <user>' after chrooting?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance for any keeping the environment clean! ;)
> >>
> >> Run
> >>
> >> env -i sh
> >>
> >> as the command in chroot.
> >>
> >> I wish it was this easy in the "real world" :-(
> >>
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> >
> > Hi Ian,
> >
> > this puts a big smile onto my face:
> > Before posting a did several experiments with 'env -i' in
> > several places (bashrc and such)....nothing works,
> > THIS one you mentioned I left out for reasons I dont know.
> > :)
> >
> > And yes(!): I also would like to have some instances
> > of 'env -i' running for several purposes not limited
> > to the phusical/nature environment only.
> > ;)
> >
> > To the future!....but not without my commandline...
> >
> > Cheers
> > Meino
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> You probably want to keep at least the TERM environment variable; to do
> so, use something like `env -i TERM=$TERM ...`.  The TERM environment
> variable is generally only set by the terminal emulator you use (or by
> agetty(8) for console logins); the default is to treat everything as
> "dumb", which breaks anything using curses (like vim, nano, etc.).
>
> --
> Jonathan Callen
>

Hi Jonathan,

good advice ! :) Thanks a lot!  Ot^[DO[herw`^[ueio^ise ;) I will encrypt
my commandline without knowing the passphrase... ;) :)

Cheers
Meino