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diff --git a/chapter04/settingenviron.xml b/chapter04/settingenviron.xml index 3b18d42da..4f277815b 100644 --- a/chapter04/settingenviron.xml +++ b/chapter04/settingenviron.xml @@ -157,17 +157,25 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> <para>Several commercial distributions add a non-documented instantiation of <filename>/etc/bash.bashrc</filename> to the initialization of - <command>bash</command>. This file has the potential to modify the lfs + <command>bash</command>. This file has the potential to modify the + <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem> user's envirnment in ways that can affect the building of critical LFS - packages. To make sure the lfs user's envronment is clean, check for the + packages. To make sure the <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem> + user's envronment is clean, check for the presence of <filename>/etc/bash.bashrc</filename> and, if present, move it - out of the way. As the root user, run:</para> + out of the way. As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> + user, run:</para> - <screen role="nodump"><userinput>mv -v /etc/bash.bashrc /etc/bash.bashrc.NOUSE</userinput></screen> + <screen role="nodump"><userinput>[ ! -e /etc/bash.bashrc ] || mv -v /etc/bash.bashrc /etc/bash.bashrc.NOUSE</userinput></screen> - <para>After use of the lfs user is finished at the end of <xref + <para>After use of the lfs user is finished at the beginning of <xref linkend="chapter-chroot-temporary-tools"/>, you can restore - <filename>/etc/bash.bashrc</filename> (if desired).</para> + <filename>/etc/bash.bashrc</filename> (if desired).</para> + + <para>Note that the LFS Bash package we will build in + <xref linkend="ch-system-bash"/> is not configured to load or execute + <filename>/etc/bash.bashrc</filename>, so this file is useless on a + completed LFS system.</para> </important> <para>Finally, to have the environment fully prepared for building the |