i am SO. FUCKING. MAD. AT PACMAN MAINTAINERS. THEY REMOVED --ASROOT FROM FUCKING MAKEPKG. those motherfucking basterds. so this is the beginning of a huge fucking workaround.

overlay/etc/bash.bashrc

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+#
+# /etc/bash.bashrc
+#
+
+# If not running interactively, don't do anything
+[[ $- != *i* ]] && return
+
+PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
+PS2='> '
+PS3='> '
+PS4='+ '
+
+case ${TERM} in
+  xterm*|rxvt*|Eterm|aterm|kterm|gnome*)
+    PROMPT_COMMAND=${PROMPT_COMMAND:+$PROMPT_COMMAND; }'printf "\033]0;%s@%s:%s\007" "${USER}" "${HOSTNAME%%.*}" "${PWD/#$HOME/\~}"'
+
+    ;;
+  screen)
+    PROMPT_COMMAND=${PROMPT_COMMAND:+$PROMPT_COMMAND; }'printf "\033_%s@%s:%s\033\\" "${USER}" "${HOSTNAME%%.*}" "${PWD/#$HOME/\~}"'
+    ;;
+esac
+
+[ -r /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion   ] && . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
+
+alias vi='/usr/bin/vim'
+export EDITOR="vim"
+
+if [ -f ~/.bashrc ];
+then
+ source ~/.bashrc
+fi 
+if [ -d ~/bin ];
+then
+ export PATH="$PATH:~/bin"
+fi
+
+alias grep='grep --color'
+alias egrep='egrep --color'
+
+alias ls='ls --color=auto'
+PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
+
+export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%F %T "
+export PATH="${PATH}:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin"
+
+echo
+echo "==================================="
+date
+echo
+echo "eth0 is:"
+ifconfig eth0 | egrep 'inet|ether' | grep -v "inet6" | awk '{print $2}'
+echo
+echo "tun0 is:"
+ifconfig tun0 | grep inet | grep -v "inet6" | awk '{print $2}'
+echo "http://bdisk.square-r00t.net/"
+echo "==================================="
+echo

overlay/etc/vimrc

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+" All system-wide defaults are set in $VIMRUNTIME/archlinux.vim (usually just
+" /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/archlinux.vim) and sourced by the call to :runtime
+" you can find below.  If you wish to change any of those settings, you should
+" do it in this file (/etc/vimrc), since archlinux.vim will be overwritten
+" everytime an upgrade of the vim packages is performed.  It is recommended to
+" make changes after sourcing archlinux.vim since it alters the value of the
+" 'compatible' option.
+
+" This line should not be removed as it ensures that various options are
+" properly set to work with the Vim-related packages.
+runtime! archlinux.vim
+
+" If you prefer the old-style vim functionalty, add 'runtime! vimrc_example.vim'
+" Or better yet, read /usr/share/vim/vim74/vimrc_example.vim or the vim manual
+" and configure vim to your own liking!
+
+set number
+syntax on
+set paste
+if has("autocmd")
+  au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") | exe "normal! g'\"" | endif
+endif