[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-soc] Re: Progress on Universal Select Tool

[Nirbheek Chauhan]

2009/7/23 Sérgio Almeida <mephx.x@×××××.com>:
> A child process cannot (or shouldn't be able to) change parent's process
> environment.
>
> uprofile will need to change env var's on-the-fly. For instance tag $PS1
> with the current profile in use
>

I don't understand what use this feature has. Won't the "current
profile" be persistent across shells? If so, won't PS1 not be
persistent if you change in on-the-fly? If you don't intend to keep it
persistent, what's the use? (Actually, I don't see the use of having
it at all)


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~Nirbheek Chauhan