diff --git a/config/home/.bash_profile b/config/home/.bash_profile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e0655d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/home/.bash_profile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# ~/.bash_profile - bash login script.
+#
+# (C) Bruno Raoult ("br"), 2024
+# Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
+# Some rights reserved. See COPYING.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this
+# program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0-standalone.html>.
+#
+# For login shells, ~/.profile is executed. Debian default one does:
+#   1) source .bashrc if it exists
+#   2) add "$HOME"/bin in PATH
+# This imply a duplicate "$HOME/bin" in PATH, as we do everything in .bashrc.$user.
+
+ [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ] && . "$HOME/.bashrc"
diff --git a/config/home/.bashrc.br b/config/home/.bashrc.br
index f15d567..cc47342 100644
--- a/config/home/.bashrc.br
+++ b/config/home/.bashrc.br
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # ~/.bashrc.br - user specific initialization
 #
-# (C) Bruno Raoult ("br"), 2001-2023
+# (C) Bruno Raoult ("br"), 2001-2024
 # Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
 # Some rights reserved. See COPYING.
 #
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 # Usage: to be invoked from .bashrc.
 # i.e., add at the end of .bashrc:
 # [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc.$USER" ] && . "$HOME/.bashrc.$USER"
+#
+# Debian default ~/.profile does:
+#   1) source .bashrc if it exists
+#   2) add "$HOME"/bin in PATH
+# This imply a duplicate "$HOME/bin" in PATH, as we do everything here.
+# Better to have a ~/.bash_profile with the lines above.
 
 # _var_del() - remove an element from a colon-separated list.
 # $1: name (reference) of a colon separated list
diff --git a/config/home/.bashrc.br.lorien b/config/home/.bashrc.br.lorien
index baf6d11..86b5747 100644
--- a/config/home/.bashrc.br.lorien
+++ b/config/home/.bashrc.br.lorien
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # ~/.bashrc.br.lorien - host specific initialization
 #
-# (C) Bruno Raoult ("br"), 2001-2023
+# (C) Bruno Raoult ("br"), 2001-2024
 # Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
 # Some rights reserved. See COPYING.
 #
@@ -44,17 +44,21 @@ fi
 # The alias, when invoked, will:
 #   (1) change working directory to $1
 #   (2) source $3 when $3 is not '-'. $3 path can be relative (preferred), or
-#       absolute. If $3 is "+", it will default to "./scripts/env.sh".
+#       absolute. If $3 is "+", it will default to "scripts/env.sh".
 #
 # Examples:
 # _vardir MYDIR mydir - ~/foo/mydirprj
 _vardir() {
     local _v="$1" _a="$2" _s="$3" _p="$4"
+    if [[ ! -d $_p ]]; then
+        printf "ignored project: %s\n" "$_p"
+        return 0
+    fi
     local _x="cd $_p"
     export "$_v"="$_p"
     case "$_s" in
         -) ;;
-        +) _s="./scripts/env.sh" ;&
+        +) _s="scripts/env.sh" ;&
         *) if [[ -r "$_p/$_s" ]]; then
                _x+="; . $_s"
            else