Thierry Vignaud wrote: > Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > - if a distro define a default alias 'cp -i' for cp in order to > > > prevent users to shoot themselves in the foot, it's nice to be > > > able to overwrite it. > > > > The user can undo what the distro did, either in their startup > > scripts, or with the one-shot \cp. > > /bin/cp and \cp are less intuitive
The the user shouldn't have to "fix" what distros break. This is a pet peeve of mine about some distros and commands they alias in the system part of the shell startup. Distros should not make global configurations that require users to keep long lists of fixes undoing things for each distro in their profile. Right now the user must fix this by unaliasing the alias installed by the distro in the system config. Then complain loudly to the vendor that the vendor is not helping them. Or if they are the box admin they can "fix" the system side of the scripts. However then they will have to fix it with every update to that package. If that is not sufficient then they can always walk with their feet and pick a different distro that does not negatively impact every user on the system. Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
