J�r�me Warnier, 2003-09-11 12:20:16 +0200 : > [...] > >> I wholeheartedly agree here, a global locale configuration would be a >> great improvement. However, it looks quite difficult to achieve this for >> sarge, as it requires at least glibc and pam packaging changes. So it >> looks rather likely that sarge's locales will still be configured with >> LANG in /etc/environment (note that's why my change only reads the LANG >> variable, not the whole file). And it would really be a shame not to >> have a localized gdm when it is so easy to achieve. > I used to put $CUPS_SERVER in /etc/environment. The recent changes in > GDM broke that and I had to face it by setting $CUPS_SERVER into > /etc/profile. > > Just to let you know there are other usages of /etc/environment...
Then maybe the best way would be to officially decree that /etc/environment is not owned by PAM only any more, but can be used for all system settings, even those that have to take effect before login. Of course, then I don't see why gdm should limit itself to parsing only the value for $LANG :-) Roland. -- Roland Mas People with balls are coming. Are you? European Juggling Convention -- Svendborg, Denmark. http://ejc2003.dk
