[Mageia-dev] Bash Update revoked customized configuration

[Shlomi Fish]

Hi Johnny,

On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:55:49 +0100
"Johnny A. Solbu" <cooker at solbu.net> wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> The first thing I do on every Mandriva/Mageia installation is to remove many
> of the aliases defined in «/etc/profile.d/60alias.sh». I always remove every
> instance of «rm/cp/mv -i», every instance of «cd» aliases, and some of the
> «ls» aliases. I do this plainly because these aliases Really Do Annoy me! I
> don't care for other users on my system. If they really want these aliases,
> they can create them them selves.
> 
> Last night I did an rsync of my local mirror and updated one of my mageia
> systems, only to find that a bash update have reinstalled the Default
> 60alias.sh.
> 
> Is it possible to configure the system so it under no circumstances
> automatically overwrite files I've reconfigured? And, why isn't the files in
> «/etc/profile.d/» marked as «%config(noreplace)» ?
> 

If you're looking for a more permanent solution than one that will involve
changing the system-installed files, then you can either put various unalias
commands in ~/.bashrc or alternatively create a 99my_customizations.sh file
with them.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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