Bug#5384: tcsh reads .login before .tcshrc
thks for reporting, vadik (maintainer) will be back this weekend
Hi W, You wrote:
W.>
W.> package: tcsh version: 6.06-5
W.>
W.> tcsh reads .login before .tcshrc... this is both an inconvenient
W.> change (it breaks my dotfiles anyway :-), and not documented --
W.> the man page specifically says:
W.>
W.> A login shell begins by executing commands from the system
W.> files /etc/csh.cshrc and /etc/csh.login. It then executes
W.> commands from files in the user's home directory: first
W.> ~/.tcshrc (+) or, if ~/.tcshrc is not found, ~/.cshrc,
W.> then ~/.history (or the value of the histfile shell vari-
W.> able), then ~/.login, and finally ~/.cshdirs (or the value
W.> of the dirsfile shell variable) (+). The shell may read
W.> /etc/csh.login before instead of after /etc/csh.cshrc, and
W.> ~/.login before instead of after ~/.tcshrc or ~/.cshrc and
W.> ~/.history, if so compiled; see the version shell vari-
W.> able. (+)
W.>
W.> The order currently used is clear from this bit of strace output:
W.> open("/etc/csh.cshrc", O_RDONLY) = 0 open("/home/eichin/.login",
W.> O_RDONLY) = 0 open("/home/eichin/.tcshrc", O_RDONLY) = 0
W.> open("/home/eichin/.cshrc", O_RDONLY) = 4
W.>
W.> (and no, there's nothing but comments in /etc/csh.cshrc)
W.>
W.> I'd prefer that the old behaviour be restored, rather than
W.> changing the documentation; I haven't checked if 6.07 fixes
W.> this either way (or if it's actually out, rather than just in
W.> nearly-ready test...)
W.>
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