Re: always execute .bashrc

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From: Chip Salzenberg
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 02:26

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In an earlier message to bug-bash, I wrote:
> Chet understates the problem.  Bash runs .bashrc when you do this:
>      bash -c 'wc' < random.file
> Everyone (except Chet and Brian, it seems) can see that's a bug.

My statement implies that Chet approves of the bug.  However, he does
NOT approve.  Rather, he has agreed with me on several occasions that
the behavior in question should be changed.

It had been so long since our previous discussion that I'd forgotten.

"Sorry about that, Chief."
-- 
Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT  <chip@tct.com>, <73717.366@compuserve.com>
  "you make me want to break the laws of time and space / you make me
   want to eat pork / you make me want to staple bagels to my face /
   and remove them with a pitchfork" -- Weird Al Yankovic, "You Make Me"

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Subject: Re: always execute .bashrc
Date: 22 Jan 1993 21:26:52 -0500
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