[Mageia-dev] [Bug 8177] rm command can't delete file, unless using the full path for the rm binary "/bin/rm"

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Michael Wood at 22/11/12 14:45 did gyre and gimble:
> 
> Or if you happy to run rm as it was written and risk deleting something
> you didn't want too, then comment out the alias (and any others that get
> on your nerves:) ) from /etc/profile.d/60alias.sh

While it technically is a config file, it's also numeric which means
that one day, it *might* be renumbered for whatever need at the time.

I therefore try to always avoid editing such files whenever possible.

Instead, I'd personally recommend creating your own file:

/etc/profile.d/999-fsck-the-defaults.sh

and in it just put:
alias rm=rm

or similar to "undo" the earlier changes.

Sure there is a tiny amount more to do at init, but it's pretty minimal
and you likely won't notice.

Col

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