[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: xorg-server-1.6.4-1

[Jon TURNEY]

On 08/10/2009 22:47, Ken Brown wrote:
> On 10/8/2009 5:25 PM, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>> But looking at PS1 to determine if you have a login shell in your
>> ancestry doesn't work, as PS1 gets unset by non-interactive bash
>> shells. (This is something which I have learnt today :-)
>>
>> So attempting to set PS1 in /etc/profile and inherit it everywhere
>> isn't going to work.
>
> OK, thanks for the explanation.
>
> I still think you should consider using 'xterm -ls' in system.XWinrc,
> because I think most users are going to want to see their usual prompt
> when they start an xterm.

I agree that users should get their usual prompt in an Xterm.

This is not a problem limited to X, though: You can demonstrate it just by 
doing 'bash -c bash'

I believe a solution would be to move the PS1 setting code from /etc/profile 
to /etc/bash.bashrc, causing it to be set for all interactive shells.

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