[Mageia-dev] [Bug 8177] rm command can't delete file, unless using the full path for the rm binary "/bin/rm"

Thu Nov 22 17:47:41 CET 2012

'Twas brillig, and Michael Wood at 22/11/12 14:45 did gyre and gimble:
+> 
+> Or if you happy to run rm as it was written and risk deleting something
+> you didn't want too, then comment out the alias (and any others that get
+> on your nerves:) ) from /etc/profile.d/60alias.sh
+
+While it technically is a config file, it's also numeric which means
+that one day, it *might* be renumbered for whatever need at the time.
+
+I therefore try to always avoid editing such files whenever possible.
+
+Instead, I'd personally recommend creating your own file:
+
+/etc/profile.d/999-fsck-the-defaults.sh
+
+and in it just put:
+alias rm=rm
+
+or similar to "undo" the earlier changes.
+
+Sure there is a tiny amount more to do at init, but it's pretty minimal
+and you likely won't notice.
+
+Col
+
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+
+Colin Guthrie
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