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Zac Medico wrote: |
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> What is the best way to propagate information about these two |
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> variable types? For example, we can have a list of variable names |
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> stored in a new variable called "COLON_SEPARATED" that will reside |
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> in either the profiles or /etc/env.d/ itself. Variable names not |
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> listed in COLON_SEPARATED can be assumed to be space separated. |
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> Does anyone have any ideas to share about how this information |
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> should be propagated? |
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Considering that some pretty critical variables (like PATH) are amongst |
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these I would prefer them to be in /etc/env.d. I wouldn't like it when |
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my box is totally screwed just because PORTDIR doesn't point at my |
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portage tree for the moment. |
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Kind Regards, |
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Simon Stelling |
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Gentoo/AMD64 developer |
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