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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] colon separated variables in /etc/env.d/
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:00:29
Message-Id: 4505A390.9090200@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] colon separated variables in /etc/env.d/ by Ciaran McCreesh
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4 Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
5 > On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:44:23 -0700 Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
6 > wrote:
7 > | Portage currently has two hard-coded lists of variables that control
8 > | the behavior of env-update.
9 >
10 > I realise GLEP 24 is considered not going very far, but in the
11 > interests of what *has* been done on it... Is it worth continuing
12 > development on env-update?
13
14 Regardless of whether or not we keep the actual env-update tool
15 around, I think that making these variables configurable would be a
16 good idea. It removes any lag between the time that a package
17 maintainer needs to add a new special variable and the time that it
18 is supported.
19
20 Zac
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