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From: Olivier Crete <tester@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:14:09
Message-Id: 1139868629.24829.0.camel@cocagne.max-t.internal
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf by Forrest Voight
1 On Mon, 2006-13-02 at 16:51 -0500, Forrest Voight wrote:
2 > What about env.d? Gnome could install and env file that by default
3 > sets XSESSION to gnome.
4
5 Can't do... you can have gnome, kde, xfce, etc all installed at the same
6 time.
7
8 > On 2/13/06, Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o> wrote:
9 > > On Monday 13 February 2006 13:19, Forrest Voight wrote:
10 > > > Why doesn't it make sense to split DISPLAYMANAGER and XSESSION up?
11 > > > They are related, but in different contexts. XSESSION is for the user
12 > > > and DISPLAYMANAGER is used at boot time.
13 > > >
14 > > > On 2/13/06, Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o> wrote:
15 > > > > On Monday 13 February 2006 03:33, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
16 > > > > > And even then, it's only copied over when you specify the -m option
17 > > > > > to useradd. It isn't done by default.
18 > > > >
19 > > > > Users might further decide they use a .bashrc from a different
20 > > > > system, or to clean all percieved cruft from the
21 > > > > .bashrc/.bash_profile. Having a sane default is probably better.
22 > >
23 > > I was just arguing why one should not keep XSESSION in .bashrc only, and
24 > > rely on skel. It's too easy to break.
25 > >
26 > > Paul
27 > >
28 > > --
29 > > Paul de Vrieze
30 > > Gentoo Developer
31 > > Mail: pauldv@g.o
32 > > Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
33 > >
34 > >
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