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From: Alan Hourihane <alanh@×××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] Having a persistent bash environment variable
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:04:05
Message-Id: 1201899842.13917.14.camel@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alt] Having a persistent bash environment variable by Fabian Groffen
1 On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 21:58 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote:
2 > On 01-02-2008 20:37:23 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote:
3 > > On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 20:42 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote:
4 > > > On 01-02-2008 19:37:18 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote:
5 > > > > What's the best way to have a bash environment variable persist across
6 > > > > an emerge ??
7 > > > >
8 > > > > I've seen the ebuild.sh which filters out bash read only variables, and
9 > > > > I've tried inserting mine into that list, but it doesn't seem to work.
10 > > >
11 > > > While I think this is mainly a Portage related question, still can you
12 > > > explain why you want/need to do this? Or what you want to achieve?
13 > >
14 > > Because the libc I'm using read's an environment variable to determine
15 > > functionality, and the emerge process is removing it and changing the
16 > > way libc reacts.
17 >
18 > Feels like we need to know which environment variable this is and add it
19 > to Portage's lists.
20
21 It's called UNIXMODE. But where do I add it in Portage's list ??
22
23 Alan.
24
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Re: [gentoo-alt] Having a persistent bash environment variable Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o>