Re: etcupdate -B, /.cshrc and /.profile

Mike Karels <mike@karels.net> wrote:

> Both sets have been present since 4.3-Reno in 1990, although they were
> apparently not links.

Well before my time!
>
> > Removing them both is one of the first things I do when I install a new
> > system from install-media.
>
> Why?

Because I don't use them

> > If etcupdate is now removing them, maybe there has been an update to the src
> > distribution / mntree so that this historical weirdness has finally been removed?
>
> It is not weird.  /.profile and /.cshrc are used in single-user mode, the ones
> in /root are used for root logins.

Ah yeah, that would make sense, I guess. I remember my first unix systems,
the default home for the root login was / so there was no /root duplication of
those files.

> > If you have a /root/.cshrc and /root/.profile, try doing an ls -c on them to
> > see if their changed-date is when you did the etcupdate.
>
> They were modified by the removal of $FreeBSD$ a few days ago at the next
> etcupdate.

Ahhhh. That idea won't work then!

Cheers