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From: Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] Having a persistent bash environment variable
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:58:42
Message-Id: 20080201205847.GX803@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alt] Having a persistent bash environment variable by Alan Hourihane
1 On 01-02-2008 20:37:23 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote:
2 > On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 20:42 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote:
3 > > On 01-02-2008 19:37:18 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote:
4 > > > What's the best way to have a bash environment variable persist across
5 > > > an emerge ??
6 > > >
7 > > > I've seen the ebuild.sh which filters out bash read only variables, and
8 > > > I've tried inserting mine into that list, but it doesn't seem to work.
9 > >
10 > > While I think this is mainly a Portage related question, still can you
11 > > explain why you want/need to do this? Or what you want to achieve?
12 >
13 > Because the libc I'm using read's an environment variable to determine
14 > functionality, and the emerge process is removing it and changing the
15 > way libc reacts.
16
17 Feels like we need to know which environment variable this is and add it
18 to Portage's lists.
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22 Fabian Groffen
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Re: [gentoo-alt] Having a persistent bash environment variable Alan Hourihane <alanh@×××××××××××××××××.uk>