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

[Lauri Tirkkonen]

On Fri, Feb 27 2015 16:27:18 -0500, 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).

Which one, and how?

> 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 would expect very nearly everyone to change them. That's why they're
in /etc, right?

> 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.

Sure - as I understand it, this is how user-modifiable configuration
files are normally handled with IPS. What's the problem behind the
seriousness?

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