/var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst installs /root/.bashrc from
/usr/share/base-files/dot.bashrc .
So /root/.bashrc is owned by base-files .
I found this is already reported to base-files:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=275623 .
And moreover there is a message on
On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 22:45:21 +0300
Askar Safin wrote:
>
> (But I still think we should just make /etc/skel/.bashrc to be default
> /root/.bashrc . This will fix other possible "user vs root" bugs.
> Currently /root/.bashrc doesn't have any non-comment lines, i. e. it
> doesn't contain anything
I just did a little research. In sid chain for login shell for root is so:
"bash --login" -> /etc/profile -> /etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh ->
/usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
(But I still think we should just make /etc/skel/.bashrc to be default
/root/.bashrc . This will fix other
On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 17:10:06 +0300
Askar Safin wrote:
> If I copy /etc/skel/.bashrc to /root/.bashrc , the bug disappears.
That's because /etc/skel/.bashrc directly source /etc/bash_completion.
With login shells, /etc/bash_completion gets sourced by something else.
I think we need to dig
If I copy /etc/skel/.bashrc to /root/.bashrc , the bug disappears.
Let's simply make /root/.bashrc to be a copy of /etc/skel/.bashrc .
This will remove all "root vs user" bugs.
P. S. For unknown reasons I didn't get your email, I discovered it by
chance. I will try to report this to
Control: tags -1 confirmed
Steps to reproduce
$ su -# become root
# echo $0
-bash # this is a login shell
# apt-get inst
(completes)
# su root
# echo $0
bash # this is a non-login shell
# apt-get inst
(nothing happens)
I don't currently know what sources
Package: bash-completion
Version: 1:2.11-6
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: safinas...@gmail.com
bash-completion (for example, "apt-get inst") doesn't work for root in
non-login shell on default settings. Completion works for normal users.
And completion works in login shells.
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