On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 21:58 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> On 01-02-2008 20:37:23 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 20:42 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> > > On 01-02-2008 19:37:18 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote:
> > > > What's the best way to have a bash environment variable persist across
> > > > an emerge ??
> > > > 
> > > > I've seen the ebuild.sh which filters out bash read only variables, and
> > > > I've tried inserting mine into that list, but it doesn't seem to work.
> > > 
> > > While I think this is mainly a Portage related question, still can you
> > > explain why you want/need to do this?  Or what you want to achieve?
> > 
> > Because the libc I'm using read's an environment variable to determine
> > functionality, and the emerge process is removing it and changing the
> > way libc reacts.
> 
> Feels like we need to know which environment variable this is and add it
> to Portage's lists.

It's called UNIXMODE. But where do I add it in Portage's list ??

Alan.

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