https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=225482 werner@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WORKSFORME ------- Comment #1 from werner@novell.com 2006-12-04 01:21 MST ------- A real bash login shell does read the ~/.profile, try out strace -e open bash -l with this I see on opensuSE 10.2: [...] open("/suse/werner/.bash_profile", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/suse/werner/.bash_login", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/suse/werner/.profile", O_RDONLY) = 3 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- open("/suse/werner/.bash_history", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/suse/werner/.bash_history", O_RDONLY) = 3 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- open("/etc/inputrc", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/suse/werner/.inputrc", O_RDONLY) = 3 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.