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From: Alexander Gretencord <arutha@×××.de>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] /etc/profile
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 07:16:30
Message-Id: 200211280815.35800.arutha@gmx.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] /etc/profile by messdev
1 On Thursday 28 November 2002 01:50, messdev wrote:
2 > Why exporting global variables' mechanism is so complicated?
3
4 Is it?
5
6 > It is not very ,,user friendly'' to edit /etc/env.d/00basic to change some
7 > global variables
8
9 Well, where's the problem? Instead of editing one file called /etc/profile you
10 edit another file called /etc/env.d/something. How the mechanism of getting
11 it into your shells environment works doesn't have to bother you.
12
13 > It's not intuitively. Or maybe there is some simpler way to edit it?
14
15 Well as said, what's not simple in editing _one_ file? You've always edited
16 _one_ file.
17
18 Just think about what is achieved by this mechanism. It's a simple and good
19 solution to a problem. And normal users usually don't change global settings
20 anyway, but use their own .profile which is not affected by portage's
21 handling of global profile entries. As a sysadmin you will appreciate
22 gentoo's handling as packages can add to the global settings without messing
23 around with the actual file.
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26 Alex
27
28 --
29 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
30 deserve neither liberty nor safety."
31 Benjamin Franklin
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