/etc/inputrc default?

[John Pye]

Hi there

I was just wondering if there's a case for the file /etc/inputrc to be
read by default in the case where ~/.inputrc is not present?

My reason for asking is that on MSYS, which runs 'bash' in a ported
'rxvt' terminal, the terminal does not behave correctly with END and
HOME keys unless the user adds a ~/.inputrc file. If /etc/inputrc were
read as a fallback default, then this file could be installed once per
system, and no need to for each user to create that file.

Or is there a saner way to solve this problem that you can see?

Cheers
JP