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iraf.net Issue #34

Compilation of IRAF as a user changes RC files in home dir

closed olebole opened this issue on 2017-05-05

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olebole commented on 2017-05-05

When compiling IRAF from source, one is advised to first run the install command from the root of the IRAF source tree. Independent of what is entered as the paths there, the script

• adds and populates the ~/.iraf subdir,
• creates a symling ~/.imtoolsrc pointing into the IRAF source,
• adds several rc files to your home, namely .bash_login, .bash_profile, .bashrc, .bashrc.bak, .cshrc, .cshrc.bak, .login, .profile. .tcshrc, even if one is using bash and not [t]csh.
• changes the IRAF paths that were set there to the IRAF source

If the compilation is not used finally, this destroys the user setup of the local installation, so that a user trying out to compile IRAF is then left with his production setup not working anymore.

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Fixed in #33

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Last updated on 2017-05-05