Public bug reported: Release: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS Bash version: GNU bash, version 5.0.17(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
>From Bash's manual page, this should be the behaviour of the --rcfile option. << Execute commands from file instead of the system wide initialization file /etc/bash.bashrc and the standard personal initialization file ~/.bashrc if the shell is interactive (see INVOCATION below). >> However, that is not the case in practice. Let's consider a short script named "test.sh", which is made up of only one line: echo "Just testing" When I open a terminal on my Ubuntu 20.04 machine, and type in the command "bash --rcfile test.sh", I expect my file test.sh to be run instead of /etc/bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc. However, though my file is run successfully, /etc/bash.bashrc is still run, and is even run before my script. I don't get why (it contradicts the manual page). I noticed that because I introduced an echo command in both /etc/bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc to monitor their executions. Upon googling, I noticed I wasn't the first who had such an issue, but no solution was proposed (see the first comment on the accepted answer on this post: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/187369/when-is- etc-bash-bashrc-invoked). Finally, it was advised to file a bug. Hope I clearly described the issue. P.S. I know this is out of your scope, but just so you know: I had the same issue on Kali-5.6.0-kali2-amd64 (bash 5.0-6) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: bash 5.0-6ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-53.59-generic 5.4.65 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-53-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Nov 17 13:45:49 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-26 (205 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) SourcePackage: bash UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.bash.bashrc: 2020-11-17T13:26:33.214663 ** Affects: bash (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to bash in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1904552 Title: Bash option "--rcfile" doesn't prevent /etc/bash.bashrc from being executed when launching an interactive shell Status in bash package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Release: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS Bash version: GNU bash, version 5.0.17(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) From Bash's manual page, this should be the behaviour of the --rcfile option. << Execute commands from file instead of the system wide initialization file /etc/bash.bashrc and the standard personal initialization file ~/.bashrc if the shell is interactive (see INVOCATION below). >> However, that is not the case in practice. Let's consider a short script named "test.sh", which is made up of only one line: echo "Just testing" When I open a terminal on my Ubuntu 20.04 machine, and type in the command "bash --rcfile test.sh", I expect my file test.sh to be run instead of /etc/bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc. However, though my file is run successfully, /etc/bash.bashrc is still run, and is even run before my script. I don't get why (it contradicts the manual page). I noticed that because I introduced an echo command in both /etc/bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc to monitor their executions. Upon googling, I noticed I wasn't the first who had such an issue, but no solution was proposed (see the first comment on the accepted answer on this post: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/187369/when-is- etc-bash-bashrc-invoked). Finally, it was advised to file a bug. Hope I clearly described the issue. P.S. I know this is out of your scope, but just so you know: I had the same issue on Kali-5.6.0-kali2-amd64 (bash 5.0-6) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: bash 5.0-6ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-53.59-generic 5.4.65 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-53-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Nov 17 13:45:49 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-26 (205 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) SourcePackage: bash UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.bash.bashrc: 2020-11-17T13:26:33.214663 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1904552/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
