Path does not exist in ~/.bashrc

Bug #1323455 reported by cariboo
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Bug Description

During a discussion on aliases on the forum I had a look at ~/.bashrc and found the following in the file:

# Alias definitions.
# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.

The /usr/share/doc/bash-doc directory doesn't exist, as far as I'm concerned the above paragraph should be removed, or replaced with a link to something else, for example

http://www.stchman.com/alias.html

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: bash 4.3-7ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.15.0-2.6-generic 3.15.0-rc6
Uname: Linux 3.15.0-2-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon May 26 18:42:57 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-08 (18 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140507)
SourcePackage: bash
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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cariboo (cariboo) wrote :
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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

Thanks for taking your time to report this issue and help making Ubuntu better.

As mentioned in the comment, the directory (and examples file) is in the bash-doc package which doesn't seem to be installed by default. Could you please check whether you have bash-doc installed?

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status: New → Incomplete
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cariboo (cariboo) wrote :

I didn't have bash--doc installed, but after installing, the path now exists.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for bash (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in bash (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

Sorry, I completely forgot about this bug.

Since installing bash-doc resolved the problem, do you think this issue can be closed?

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