[26921] in Athena Bugs
Re: linux 9.4.21: bash
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erica H Peterson)
Wed Aug 16 10:23:30 2006
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:23:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: Erica H Peterson <astronut@mit.edu>
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Hello,
A user reported to OLC today that the problem in bugs[26807] still exists.
The 9.4.27 release announcement indicated that the problem should have
been fixed.
The symptoms:
Using bash, if you change directories and use the gnome terminal menu to
open up a new terminal or a new tab, $HOME is set to your changed
directory, and not your homedir. As a result, .bashrc.mine is not read.
This does not happen if you open a new xterm from the Athena prompt - it's
only a problem if you use the gnome terminal menu.
>From the 9.4.27 release announcement:
>> The Athena 9.4.27 patch release is currently scheduled for the evening
>> of Monday June 26. Changes include:
>>
>> On both platforms:
>>
>> * bash login shells started outside the user's homedir will work.
The user noticed the problem on m12-182-10, and I verified it on dewey -
both are running 9.4.27.
Could somebody please take a look at this?
Thanks,
Erica
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Erica H. Peterson
astronut@mit.edu
