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From: Martin Schlemmer <azarah@g.o>
To: messdev <messdev@××××××××××××××××.org>
Cc: Alexander Gretencord <arutha@×××.de>, Gentoo-Dev <gentoo-dev@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] /etc/profile
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 15:46:25
Message-Id: 1038670897.13827.1.camel@nosferatu.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] /etc/profile by messdev
1 On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 01:07, messdev wrote:
2 > Ok. But when you try to learn how to define global variables it is difficult
3 > to make an idea, that u should do it in /etc/env.d/*
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5 > When you look into /etc/profile you can see `source /etc/profile.env` - then,
6 > when you look into /etc/profile.env, everything points, that u should change
7 > definitions exacly in this file - i wanna say, that it is a good idea to put
8 > the comment into /etc/profile.env, that this file is genereting by using
9 > /etc/env.d/* files, and the definitions of variables there.
10 >
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12 Nobody are stopping you from just adding what you need to the
13 bottom of /etc/profile ...
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18 Martin Schlemmer
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