[ mingw-Patches-3495241 ] copy inputrc independent of the presence of $HOME

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Patches item #3495241, was opened at 2012-02-28 00:42
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>Category: msys
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Fabian Greffrath (fabian_deb)
Assigned to: Cesar Strauss (cstrauss)
Summary: copy inputrc independent of the presence of $HOME

Initial Comment:
Hi,

currently, /etc/profile checks for the existence of a $HOME directory and if it does not exist, creates it
and copies  /etc/inputrc.default to "$HOME"/.inputrc.

However, sometimes I install MSYS and have already set the $HOME variable to another directory. Thus the
.inputrc file is not copied over.

I suggest to make the copying of .inputrc independent of the presence of the HOME directory, but actually
check for the presence of this very file instead. the attached patch against /etc/profile does this.

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Comment By: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Date: 2012-02-28 04:59

Message:
I haven't checked the patch but sort-of like the idea.  I do question
though that the user should have the right to not want ~/.inputrc if he
choose that but an empty file should overcome that case.

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