Nagasayanam,V.S wrote:
I am familiar with Linux but not an expert. I find that the book LFS-7.5 is
very interesting and I have started the work in Mint 17. I have verified
that the software versions are all right. Subsequently, I entered
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cat > ~/.bash_profile << "EOF"
exec env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM PS1='\u:\w\$ ' /bin/bash
EOF
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After logging out and logging in as user 'lfs'
I got this:
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lfs@linuxpert-HP-EliteBook-6930p ~ $ source ~/.bash_profile
dircolors: no SHELL environment variable, and no shell type option given
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A Google search reveals that there could be some problems with Debian
derivatives. Kindly advice whether I should change to Fedora or others.
Thanks in advance,
VSN
You were not asked to log out and back in as user lfs. You were asked
to 'su - lfs' and then 'source ~/.bash_profile' after updating
~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc.
After leaving user lfs and reentering after the bash files are created,
the source command is not necessary.
That said, bash is executing /etc/profile and that is calling,
indirectly, dircolors. The warning message you have can be ignored.
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