On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Michael Hampicke <gentoo-u...@hadt.biz> wrote: >> I thought the incantation is: >> >> env-update && source /etc/profile >> >> has this changed? > > No it hasn't, just looked in the gentoo handbook. > I never can remember what command to run first, so I execute both of > them two times :)
Here's how I understand it: 1) env-update rebuilds /etc/environment from /etc/env.d/. 2) /etc/environment is sourced from /etc/profile, so 3) you get the updated /etc/environment when you source /etc/profile. -- :wq
