> Sylvain Petreolle wrote: > > Why not install a file in /etc/profile.d ? > > > > Sylvain, > > I am not sure why we didn't use /etc/profile.d. I remember discussing > it, but when I searched the mailing list archives using the search > function at the top of the archive page, all I got was a bunch of spam > messages that I don't recall ever seeing on the mailing list (at least > not on the dates mentioned). I will have to do a google search for > profile.d on our site, but I haven't got time now. If you could do the > search and summarize where the thread left off, that would be great. > > I seem to remember that a profile.d would work for some cases, but it > wouldn't work for all cases... but I cannot give a specific example > (might be the archives as well).
For kde I'm using the following for xfree settings, so I could avoid xfree setting in kde's profile.d script or /etc/profile. Perhaps this helps. $ cat /etc/profile.d/xfree.sh export PATH=/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/X11R6/man Ralf
