I am guessing here we are trying to set env variables for all users so a ~/.profile might not be the solution.
How come that this issue has not come up before? Are we so few people using Debian?? On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Lorenzo Marcantonio < [email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 03:59:48PM +0100, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > > Hello, > > after some reading it looks like Debian does not support the execution of > > scripts saved in /etc/profile.d/ > > Uhmm... that's strange... while surely not POSIX (which only mandates > /etc/profile), the LSB core explicitly requires it, in the sh > description: > > Note: This specification requires that the sh utility shall also > read and execute commands in its current execution environment from > all the shell scripts in the directory /etc/profile.d. Such scripts > are read and executed as a part of reading and executing > /etc/profile. > > I personally find debatable to mandate such behaviour (after all > everyone can put whatever he want in its /etc/profile), there is a clear > standard recommendation for it. Usually Debian is compliant... OTOH LSB > also mandate to be RPM based, so maybe there are exceptions: > just read the lsb package readme, it says: > > Debian policy forbids the use of /etc/profile.d by Debian packages, > so it is unlikely this will change (as it might be seen as > encouragement for Debian developers to do use it.) > > The 'official' solution is described in the debian policy 9.9: > > If a program usually depends on environment variables for its > configuration, the program should be changed to fall back to > a reasonable default configuration if these environment variables > are not present. If this cannot be done easily (e.g., if the source > code of a non-free program is not available), the program must be > replaced by a small "wrapper" shell script which sets the > environment variables if they are not already defined, and calls the > original program. > > Probably slackware has the same issue :P > > *if* environment variables are really needed I personally like the > approach used by ISE (a script to be sourced manually, eventually to be > integrated in the user .profile) > > -- > Lorenzo Marcantonio > Logos Srl > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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