Re: [gentoo-dev] colon separated variables in /etc/env.d/

[Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@gentoo.org>]

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On Monday 11 September 2006 03:44, Zac Medico wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Portage currently has two hard-coded lists of variables that control
> the behavior of env-update.  I'd like to make these variables
> configurable so that package maintainers have direct control over
> them.  The variables break down into two basic types: colon
> separated and space separated.
>
> What is the best way to propagate information about these two
> variable types?  For example, we can have a list of variable names
> stored in a new variable called "COLON_SEPARATED" that will reside
> in either the profiles or /etc/env.d/ itself.  Variable names not
> listed in COLON_SEPARATED can be assumed to be space separated.
> Does anyone have any ideas to share about how this information
> should be propagated?

There should also be a third list (or the absense of inclusion in the above). 
That is those variables that can only have one value and are overridden 
instead of appended.

Paul

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Paul de Vrieze
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