bash bug?: nested "bash --login -i" doesn't run /etc/profile (still runs ~/.bash_profile)

Daniel Barclay daniel@fgm.com
Tue Oct 5 14:12:00 GMT 2010


Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 10/4/2010 12:19 PM, Daniel Barclay wrote:
>> I wrote:
>>> The behavior of "bash --login -i" seems to vary depending on whether
>>> it is a "root" invocation or a nested invocation of bash. This is
>>> inconsistent with the description man bash, and seems to be a bug.
>>
>> Can anyone confirm (or "anti-confirm") this behavior?:
>>
>>
>>> Details:
>>>
>>>
>>> When bash is started using the Cygwin shortcut (which runs cygwin.bat,
>>> which executes "bash --login -i"), bash reads files /etc/profile and
>>> ~/.bash_profile. (Running "bash --login -i" from an interactive
>>> "cmd" shell does the same.)
>>>
>>> However, when in that first bash process, another bash is started with
>>> that same "bash --login -i" command, bash does _not_ read /etc/profile.
>
> Works for me.

How did you detect that that second bash runs /etc/profile?

Thanks,
Daniel




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