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Re: Strange Problem with 'alias'

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On 11/08/2016 02:01 PM, S. P. Molnar wrote:
> I am running Debian v-8.5.0 with the bash shell and a number of 
> alias's defined.
>
> For example alias l='ls -l --color'
>
> When I boot the system none of the definitions of alias in .bashrc are 
> active.  That is until I open a terminal and input source .bashrc.  So 
> far, so good alias works - in that terminal!  If I open a tab in the 
> same terminal the alias's are gone!!!
>
> I keep the system up to date.
>
> Is this fatal?  NO  Very annoying? YES
>
> I  don't have the faintest idea as to what is going on.
>
> A solyutio to this problem, short of a new installation of the OS, 
> will be very appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
>
An addendum to the above.  It would appear to be xfce5-terminal at 
fault.  If I use UXTerm or XTermthe alias definitions are active.

Reinstalling xfce4-terminal generated the messages:


(synaptic:14233): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion 
'pid > 0' failed
(Reading database ... 243321 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../xfce4-terminal_0.6.3-1+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking xfce4-terminal (0.6.3-1+b1) over (0.6.3-1+b1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Setting up jre1.8.0-112 (1.8.0112-1) ...
Error: unpack200 - command could not be found.

Please refer to the Troubleshooting section of theInstallation Instructions
on the download page.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/jre1.8.0-112.postinst: line 641: 
/usr/sbin/alternatives: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package jre1.8.0-112 (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit 
status 127
Setting up xfce4-terminal (0.6.3-1+b1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
  jre1.8.0-112
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up jre1.8.0-112 (1.8.0112-1) ...
Error: unpack200 - command could not be found.

Please refer to the Troubleshooting section of theInstallation Instructions
on the download page.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/jre1.8.0-112.postinst: line 641: 
/usr/sbin/alternatives: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package jre1.8.0-112 (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit 
status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
  jre1.8.0-112

Synaptic gives me the following message:

E: jre1.8.0-112: subprocess installed post-installation script returned 
error exit status 127

Solution(s) please?

Again, thanks in advance.

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    Re: Strange Problem with 'alias' Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-08 20:50 +0100
  Re: Strange Problem with 'alias' Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-08 21:10 +0100
    Re: Strange Problem with 'alias' Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2016-11-08 21:10 +0100
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        Re: Strange Problem with 'alias' Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2016-11-08 21:40 +0100
    Re: Strange Problem with 'alias' "S. P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2016-11-08 22:00 +0100
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