[Bug 1728709] Re: bash man page has a typo, repeating .bashrc when one should be /etc/bash.bashrc

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  bash man page has a typo, repeating .bashrc when one should be
  /etc/bash.bashrc

Status in bash package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The INVOCATION section of the man page has the text

  "reads and executes commands from ~/.bashrc and ~/.bashrc, if these
  files exist and are readable"

  which repeats "~/.bashrc".  By experiment, I find it probable that the
  first of these .bashrc references should read "/etc/bash.bashrc".

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: bash 4.3-14ubuntu1.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-97.120-generic 4.4.87
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-97-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Mon Oct 30 13:28:43 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-08 (447 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
  SourcePackage: bash
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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