Mike Karels <m...@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
