[Mageia-dev] Bash Update revoked customized configuration

Wed Oct 24 16:31:07 CEST 2012

Hi Johnny,
+
+On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:55:49 +0100
+"Johnny A. Solbu" <cooker at solbu.net> wrote:
+
+> Hi.
+> 
+> The first thing I do on every Mandriva/Mageia installation is to remove many
+> of the aliases defined in «/etc/profile.d/60alias.sh». I always remove every
+> instance of «rm/cp/mv -i», every instance of «cd» aliases, and some of the
+> «ls» aliases. I do this plainly because these aliases Really Do Annoy me! I
+> don't care for other users on my system. If they really want these aliases,
+> they can create them them selves.
+> 
+> Last night I did an rsync of my local mirror and updated one of my mageia
+> systems, only to find that a bash update have reinstalled the Default
+> 60alias.sh.
+> 
+> Is it possible to configure the system so it under no circumstances
+> automatically overwrite files I've reconfigured? And, why isn't the files in
+> «/etc/profile.d/» marked as «%config(noreplace)» ?
+> 
+
+If you're looking for a more permanent solution than one that will involve
+changing the system-installed files, then you can either put various unalias
+commands in ~/.bashrc or alternatively create a 99my_customizations.sh file
+with them.
+
+Regards,
+
+	Shlomi Fish
+
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