From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25793 invoked by uid 1002); 30 Nov 2002 15:46:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 25783 invoked from network); 30 Nov 2002 15:46:25 -0000 From: Martin Schlemmer To: messdev Cc: Alexander Gretencord , Gentoo-Dev In-Reply-To: <200211290007.56472.messdev@messer.homelinux.org> References: <200211280150.54350.messdev@messer.homelinux.org> <200211280815.35800.arutha@gmx.de> <200211290007.56472.messdev@messer.homelinux.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1038670897.13827.1.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0- Date: 30 Nov 2002 17:41:37 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] /etc/profile X-Archives-Salt: 0b9ed699-1392-4835-9551-5969d7f5315a X-Archives-Hash: 97c5b7c735e7d476e2c41f064ea7bc6f On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 01:07, messdev wrote: > Ok. But when you try to learn how to define global variables it is difficult > to make an idea, that u should do it in /etc/env.d/* > > When you look into /etc/profile you can see `source /etc/profile.env` - then, > when you look into /etc/profile.env, everything points, that u should change > definitions exacly in this file - i wanna say, that it is a good idea to put > the comment into /etc/profile.env, that this file is genereting by using > /etc/env.d/* files, and the definitions of variables there. > Nobody are stopping you from just adding what you need to the bottom of /etc/profile ... -- Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list