On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 09:14:45PM -0400, sean finney wrote: > hi, > > On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 01:19:05AM +0100, Adrian Mastronardi wrote: > > I need to setup an shell variable: > > ENFDATA=/usr/share/rnamotif/enfdata/ > > according to debian policy, programs must not have to rely on the > existence of environment variables. what you should probably do is > hard-code into the applications that need this variable a default > location of /usr/share/rnamotif/enfdata/, and then allow the user to > override this value via the same environment variable.
... and if that isn't possible (e.g., you're packaging something which will go into non-free), then you need to use a wrapper script. -- The amount of time between slipping on the peel and landing on the pavement is precisely one bananosecond -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
