[gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf

[Forrest Voight <voights@gmail.com>]

What happens if two env.d files set the same variable?

On 2/13/06, Olivier Crete <tester@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-13-02 at 16:51 -0500, Forrest Voight wrote:
> > What about env.d? Gnome could install and env file that by default
> > sets XSESSION to gnome.
>
> Can't do... you can have gnome, kde, xfce, etc all installed at the same
> time.
>
> > On 2/13/06, Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > > On Monday 13 February 2006 13:19, Forrest Voight wrote:
> > > > Why doesn't it make sense to split DISPLAYMANAGER and XSESSION up?
> > > > They are related, but in different contexts. XSESSION is for the user
> > > > and DISPLAYMANAGER is used at boot time.
> > > >
> > > > On 2/13/06, Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > > > > On Monday 13 February 2006 03:33, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
> > > > > > And even then, it's only copied over when you specify the -m
> option
> > > > > > to useradd. It isn't done by default.
> > > > >
> > > > > Users might further decide they use a .bashrc from a different
> > > > > system, or to clean all percieved cruft from the
> > > > > .bashrc/.bash_profile. Having a sane default is probably better.
> > >
> > > I was just arguing why one should not keep XSESSION in .bashrc only, and
> > > rely on skel. It's too easy to break.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
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> > > Paul de Vrieze
> > > Gentoo Developer
> > > Mail: pauldv@gentoo.org
> > > Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
> > >
> > >
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