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Bash reads system-wide bashrc unconditionally.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Roel Janssen <roel <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 29337-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29337: Bash reads system-wide bashrc unconditionally.
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 09:50:01 +0100

Heya,

Roel Janssen <roel <at> gnu.org> skribis:

> Roel Janssen <roel <at> gnu.org> skribis:
>
>>> On CentOS 7, the following happens (yes, I added the echo-statement to
>>> /etc/bashrc on CentOS as well):
>>> $ env - bash --init-file <(echo "echo \"Goodbye, world\"") -i
>>> Goodbye, world
>>>
>>> On GuixSD:
>>> $ env - bash --init-file <(echo "echo \"Goodbye, world\"") -i
>>> Hello, world
>>> Goodbye, world

> Well it seems that it isn't ignored when it ought to be ignored -> when
> specifying --init-file.  This is a difference between how Bash works on
> CentOS 7, and how Bash works on Guix(SD).  I can't find a
> user-configurable option to make it work the same as on CentOS 7.

Now, we’re compiling Bash with "-DSYS_BASHRC='\"/etc/bashrc\"'".  I
wonder if removing that flag solves the --init-file case.

Ludo’.

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