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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] colon separated variables in /etc/env.d/
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 01:47:04
Message-Id: 4504BF77.2020502@gentoo.org
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4 Hi everyone,
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6 Portage currently has two hard-coded lists of variables that control
7 the behavior of env-update. I'd like to make these variables
8 configurable so that package maintainers have direct control over
9 them. The variables break down into two basic types: colon
10 separated and space separated.
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12 What is the best way to propagate information about these two
13 variable types? For example, we can have a list of variable names
14 stored in a new variable called "COLON_SEPARATED" that will reside
15 in either the profiles or /etc/env.d/ itself. Variable names not
16 listed in COLON_SEPARATED can be assumed to be space separated.
17 Does anyone have any ideas to share about how this information
18 should be propagated?
19
20 Zac
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