Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 04:44:17 +0100 From: Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@catflap.org> To: mike@karels.net, jamie@catflap.org Cc: grahamperrin@gmail.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: etcupdate -B, /.cshrc and /.profile Message-ID: <202308230344.37N3iHJF032842@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net> In-Reply-To: <563EEA5B-0624-4EB3-BCB3-DD8A8F57C3A9@karels.net> References: <ad0c7ea1-e44b-1748-1589-8e9f2f0a25fd@gmail.com> <202308230237.37N2brSh029907@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net> <563EEA5B-0624-4EB3-BCB3-DD8A8F57C3A9@karels.net>
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Mike Karels <mike@karels.net> wrote: > Both sets have been present since 4.3-Reno in 1990, although they were > apparently not links. Well before my time! > > > Removing them both is one of the first things I do when I install a new > > system from install-media. > > Why? Because I don't use them > > If etcupdate is now removing them, maybe there has been an update to the src > > distribution / mntree so that this historical weirdness has finally been removed? > > It is not weird. /.profile and /.cshrc are used in single-user mode, the ones > in /root are used for root logins. Ah yeah, that would make sense, I guess. I remember my first unix systems, the default home for the root login was / so there was no /root duplication of those files. > > If you have a /root/.cshrc and /root/.profile, try doing an ls -c on them to > > see if their changed-date is when you did the etcupdate. > > They were modified by the removal of $FreeBSD$ a few days ago at the next > etcupdate. Ahhhh. That idea won't work then! Cheers
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