[4.1.0.23] New shell does not execute aliases

Bug Reports
#1

REPRODUCIBILITY (% or how often): permanent, 100%
BUILD ID = OS VERSION (Settings > About product): 4.1.0.23
HARDWARE (XA2, Xperia 10…): Xperia 10 single SIM
UI LANGUAGE: german
REGRESSION: (compared to previous public release: Yes, No, ?): yes

DESCRIPTION:
shell aliases are not executed by the bash shell.

PRECONDITIONS:
enter devel-su mode
open terminal
input an alias, that is defined in /etc/bashrc

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. open terminal
  2. input alias command
  3. output: /bin/bash: ll:not found

EXPECTED RESULT:
ll executed as defined in alias line in /etc/bashrc

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ACTUAL RESULT:
Output: /bin/bash: ll: not found

The same for all other defined aliases.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The following aliases are defined in my /etc/bashrc

alias ll=‘ls -l’
alias l=‘ls -alF’
alias …=‘cd …’
alias …=‘cd …/…’

this did work perfect till the last update to SFOS 4.1.0.23. After the update the aliases are still present in the /etc/bashrc file, but not working.

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.bashrc does not load automaticly after update from SFOS 3.4 to 4.1.28
#2

I do not know but I would guess this is also due to bash being replaced by busybox?
Did you already remove busybox-symlink-bash package? (which will automatically install full blown bash again)

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#3

It work for me for real bash, see comment of @peterleinchen.

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#4

Busybox sh does not read /etc/bashrc or ~/.bashrc, but it does read /etc/profile and ~/.profile.

Put your aliases in there.

Myself I keep a file ~/.aliases and source that from whatever shell rc files are applicable.

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#5

Aliases are needed for interactive shells.
As stated in the gnu bash documentation, configuration of interactive shells should be defined in /etc/profile or .profile

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#6

Now I did put my aliases into /etc/profile , after the existing code there - it works, aliases are available, problem is solved. Thank you very much! :smile:

edit: Also I did not know that the new shell is no more the bash but another (busybox). Therefore I modified the title of the bug report.

#7

Glad it is working for you now.

Note that unless you need your aliases for all users (if you actually use that feature), its good practice not to edit /etc files but rather the dotfiles in your home.

For one, not all users will need/want your alias definitions, but the ~ files also will not get overridden by updates.

Aaand you dont need root to edit them.

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#8

I’m the only user of the phone and if I install more user on it for some experiments I’m happy if the aliasses are available for all in the same way, including devel-su. So I wrote the aliasses to the end of the /etc/profile file. As user nemo they are available, but not as devel-su or root!
What can be the reason? Have I done something wrong? Is there another config file for the devel-su user?