[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Fix umask settings for non-bash shells for root user

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Sat Aug 29 09:33:17 UTC 2015


Thomas, All,

On 2015-08-29 11:29 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> On Sat, 29 Aug 2015 11:20:37 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > > Yann, Arnout, Peter, your thoughts?
> > 
> > My opinion? Here's what I'd do ;-)
> >     git rm system/skeleton/root/.bash_*
> 
> That's also what I want to do.
> 
> > And maybe provide a simple .profile *iff* needed.
> 
> Can you check if a .profile is really needed? If so, can you submit a
> patch series cleaning up .bash_* ?

After the release, maybe?

> > Furthermore, I'd also like /etc/profile be cleaned-up of all the mess,
> > moving each (interesting) parts to separate files in /etc/profile.d/ .
> 
> Why not, but let's say it's a separate matter.

Yes.

> > And while at it:
> > 
> >     git rm system/skeleton/root/.empty
> 
> Why? Git doesn't track empty directories, so we have those .empty files
> all over the place. I don't see what would recreate the root/ directory
> for the root user if we don't keep it in the skeleton. Am I missing
> something?

Right. I was thinking of keeping a .profile in that directory. If there
is a .profile, there is no need for .empty . If there is no .profile
(and no other file), we need to keep .empty , yes.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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