On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Please help me to understand how bash does its initialization when > started as a non-login shell. The manual says it sources ~/.bashrc and > that's it. The Arch Wiki says it sources /etc/bash.bashrc and then > ~/.bashrc. Sure enough, it does what the Wiki says... It occurred to > me to look in the Wiki, after much trouble, the kind of trouble that > happens from trusting the manuals. > Did I misunderstood the manual or is Arch distributing a patched > version? (Somewhat contrary to the Arch way, if I understood it.) It's non-default behavior, but it's not actually a patch - just a compile-time option. See the "_bashconfig" variable in the PKGBUILD.
