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From: Forrest Voight <voights@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:27:17
Message-Id: b572c9e10602131424t1887d4fbwd869b21fbee1ed79@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf by Olivier Crete
1 What happens if two env.d files set the same variable?
2
3 On 2/13/06, Olivier Crete <tester@g.o> wrote:
4 > On Mon, 2006-13-02 at 16:51 -0500, Forrest Voight wrote:
5 > > What about env.d? Gnome could install and env file that by default
6 > > sets XSESSION to gnome.
7 >
8 > Can't do... you can have gnome, kde, xfce, etc all installed at the same
9 > time.
10 >
11 > > On 2/13/06, Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o> wrote:
12 > > > On Monday 13 February 2006 13:19, Forrest Voight wrote:
13 > > > > Why doesn't it make sense to split DISPLAYMANAGER and XSESSION up?
14 > > > > They are related, but in different contexts. XSESSION is for the user
15 > > > > and DISPLAYMANAGER is used at boot time.
16 > > > >
17 > > > > On 2/13/06, Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o> wrote:
18 > > > > > On Monday 13 February 2006 03:33, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
19 > > > > > > And even then, it's only copied over when you specify the -m
20 > option
21 > > > > > > to useradd. It isn't done by default.
22 > > > > >
23 > > > > > Users might further decide they use a .bashrc from a different
24 > > > > > system, or to clean all percieved cruft from the
25 > > > > > .bashrc/.bash_profile. Having a sane default is probably better.
26 > > >
27 > > > I was just arguing why one should not keep XSESSION in .bashrc only, and
28 > > > rely on skel. It's too easy to break.
29 > > >
30 > > > Paul
31 > > >
32 > > > --
33 > > > Paul de Vrieze
34 > > > Gentoo Developer
35 > > > Mail: pauldv@g.o
36 > > > Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
37 > > >
38 > > >
39 >
40 > --
41 > Olivier Crête
42 > tester@g.o
43 > Gentoo Developer
44 >
45 >
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf John Myers <electronerd@×××××××××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf Alec Warner <antarus@g.o>