[Bug 969559] Re: /etc/skel/.bashrc should not set PS1

[Mike Fiedler]

Ran into this again today.

I understand the desire to set PS1 consistently across users, sessions,
etc - however this makes changing it harder - since instead of setting
it in one place (I was trying to drop it into /etc/profile.d/prompt.sh),
this gets overridden by each user's individual ~/.bashrc that they
inherited from /etc/skel.

Proposed:

Move any PS1 related settings to the global bashrc, which can then be
overridden at later state, and remove from the /etc/skel/bash.bashrc

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Title:
  /etc/skel/.bashrc should not set PS1

Status in “bash” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  I tried to change the PS1 for all users by editing /etc/bash_bashrc.

  Expected:

  PS1 to be modified for all users.

  Actual result:

  PS1 was not modified for any users because the /skel/.bashrc overrides
  the /etc/bash_bashrc PS1 setting with the exact same value.

  PS1 should not be set in the skel/.bashrc. If users wish to customize
  their local .bashrc they can, but the default installation should not
  prevent setting a system wide PS1.

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