[Debian-med-packaging] [Bug 1860109] [NEW] default /etc/ncbi/.ncbirc not read

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Dylan Aïssi (daissi) has assigned this bug to you for ncbi-blast+ in Ubuntu:

While attempting to use NCBI "blastn" from behind a proxy, I traced the
execution of "blastn" to check if it was reading the default
"/etc/ncbi/.ncbirc" config file where I put my proxy config because it
wasn't working.

In fact, the default config file is never stat'ed or read:

> ajt at beluga:~$ strace blastn |& fgrep .ncbirc
> stat("./.ncbirc", 0x7fff8bbc0200)       = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> stat("/home/ajt/.ncbirc", 0x7fff8bbc0200) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> stat("/etc/.ncbirc", 0x7fff8bbc0200)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> stat("/usr/bin/.ncbirc", 0x7fff8bbc0200) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

I created a "~/.ncbirc" file, which is read correctly, so I'm using that
instead.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ncbi-blast+ 2.6.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-37.40~18.04.1-generic 5.0.21
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-37-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Fri Jan 17 10:52:18 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-03-28 (295 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210)
SourcePackage: ncbi-blast+
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ncbi-blast+ (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Debian Med (debian-med)
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic
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default /etc/ncbi/.ncbirc not read
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1860109
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