[OmniOS-discuss] Who alters /etc/profile or /etc/.login on their boxes?

[Tim Rice]

On Fri, 27 Feb 2015, Dan McDonald wrote:

> This is a serious question.  A recent illumos push mildly affects people 
> who have, but in OmniOS's case, it's a mild change (not a horrible one).
> 
> I'd appreciate some on-list feedback about who does and doesn't change 
> their /etc/profile or /etc/.login vs. what we ship.

I can't remember a distro that I didn't modify /etc/profile and
/etc/.login (or their equivilants).

> The next bloody update (and r151014) will alter the default file, and 
> because of IPS, it won't be replaced IF the file was altered from the 
> stock configuration.  Fortunately for OmniOS, it's mostly a don't-care.

Maybe IPS has a way to install it/them as <filename>.new if it/they
have been modified.

> I appreciate your feedback!
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan McD -- OmniOS Engineering
> 

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