Package: bash Version: 3.2-4 Severity: normal Current /etc/skel/.bashrc makes GNU Midnight Commander prompt under XTerm (and, supposedly, under many other X terminals) unusable, as it is not updated but rather appended to upon directory change. Also, it starts with a parasitic ';0'.
The following patch solves the problem for me: *** /etc/skel/.bashrc 2008-05-12 23:02:41.000000000 +0400 --- /home/pent/.bashrc 2008-12-30 13:06:56.000000000 +0300 *************** *** 59,65 **** # If this is an xterm set the title to u...@host:dir case "$TERM" in xterm*|rxvt*) ! PS1="\[\e]0;${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}...@\h: \w\a\]$PS1" ;; *) ;; --- 59,66 ---- # If this is an xterm set the title to u...@host:dir case "$TERM" in xterm*|rxvt*) ! PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${us...@${hostname}: ${PWD/$HOME/~}\007"' ;; *) ;; I took the new version from my own .bashrc, which I think has been copied from Debian-supplied /etc/skel/.bashrc some time ago. I'm not sure though. I'm ready to provide any additional info, Andrey -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (1000, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages bash depends on: ii base-files 5 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii debianutils 2.30 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.8+20080809-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.7+20081213-1 shared libraries for terminal hand Versions of packages bash recommends: ii bash-completion 20080705 programmable completion for the ba Versions of packages bash suggests: ii bash-doc 3.2-4 Documentation and examples for the -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org