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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 21:56:47
Message-Id: b572c9e10602131351g509eb3b5lcd16f314920c302d@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf by Paul de Vrieze
1 What about env.d? Gnome could install and env file that by default
2 sets XSESSION to gnome.
3
4 On 2/13/06, Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o> wrote:
5 > On Monday 13 February 2006 13:19, Forrest Voight wrote:
6 > > Why doesn't it make sense to split DISPLAYMANAGER and XSESSION up?
7 > > They are related, but in different contexts. XSESSION is for the user
8 > > and DISPLAYMANAGER is used at boot time.
9 > >
10 > > On 2/13/06, Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o> wrote:
11 > > > On Monday 13 February 2006 03:33, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
12 > > > > And even then, it's only copied over when you specify the -m option
13 > > > > to useradd. It isn't done by default.
14 > > >
15 > > > Users might further decide they use a .bashrc from a different
16 > > > system, or to clean all percieved cruft from the
17 > > > .bashrc/.bash_profile. Having a sane default is probably better.
18 >
19 > I was just arguing why one should not keep XSESSION in .bashrc only, and
20 > rely on skel. It's too easy to break.
21 >
22 > Paul
23 >
24 > --
25 > Paul de Vrieze
26 > Gentoo Developer
27 > Mail: pauldv@g.o
28 > Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
29 >
30 >
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf Olivier Crete <tester@g.o>