[ITA] - base-files

[Andy Koppe]

On 11 January 2011 12:01, David Sastre wrote:
>>> Also, I'd appreciate opinions regarding the guard-like tests in some
>>> config files, namely /etc/profile, /etc/bash.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile
>>> and ~/.bashrc. I'm not very convinced about including them.
>>
>> Why do we need them?  I don't see equivalent tests on Linux...
>
> There aren't, indeed.
>
> And re-thinking the idea, those tests are not needed in any of the
> files but maybe in /etc/bash.bashrc, which is definitely affected by
> changes in this version of base-files that modify the order in which
> startup files are read.

I think you're right, the guard is only needed in /etc/bash.bashrc.

Andy