Apparently, though unproven, at 17:52 on Thursday 18 November 2010, Mike Edenfield did opine thusly:
> Is there something special about the file name > /etc/portage/package.use/java ? For some reason, if I create this file > to hold USE flags for my java packages, bash tries to source it when I > log in. As far as I can tell this is the only filename that gets this > wierd treatment: > > platypus kutulu # cat /etc/portage/package.use/java > echo "This is /etc/portage/package.use/java!" > > Last login: Thu Nov 18 10:35:07 EST 2010 from mike-desktop on pts/2 > This is /etc/portage/package.use/java! > kut...@platypus ~ $ I think you have a . /etc/portage/package.use/java in your .profile somewhere :-) grep -r is your friend here. Most likely it happened when you typed an "echo > file" type command sometime and botched the redirectors -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
