Bug#640263: debian-policy: Clarify policy section 9.9 - Environment variables

Control: tags -1 = pending Niels Thykier writes: > On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 14:58:06 -0700 Russ Allbery wrote: >> Everyone seemed generally happy with this text, but it never clearly got >> enough seconds to apply. Here's an updated patch so that we can take >>

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Bug#640263: debian-policy: Clarify policy section 9.9 - Environment variables

On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 14:58:06 -0700 Russ Allbery wrote: > Russ Allbery writes: > > > Looking at this section, there are several issues. One is the issue > > addressed above, and I like Jonathan's wording for that. Another is the > > one Colin mentioned

Bug#640263: debian-policy: Clarify policy section 9.9 - Environment variables

On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 at 14:58:06 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Everyone seemed generally happy with this text, but it never clearly got > enough seconds to apply. Here's an updated patch so that we can take > another run at getting enough seconds and getting it merged. I second the patch quoted

Bug#640263: debian-policy: Clarify policy section 9.9 - Environment variables

Russ Allbery writes: > Looking at this section, there are several issues. One is the issue > addressed above, and I like Jonathan's wording for that. Another is the > one Colin mentioned earlier: this only applies to programs installed in > the system path. (I considered

Bug#640263: debian-policy: Clarify policy section 9.9 - Environment variables

On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 02:38:37AM +0100, Carl Fürstenberg wrote: On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 4:07 AM, Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com wrote: What happened to this proposal? Does it need attention from any particular affected audience (maybe the base-files maintainer or people familiar

Bug#640263: debian-policy: Clarify policy section 9.9 - Environment variables

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 4:07 AM, Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com wrote: What happened to this proposal? Does it need attention from any particular affected audience (maybe the base-files maintainer or people familiar with the system initialization process)? Seems nothing has happened last

Bug#640263: debian-policy: Clarify policy section 9.9 - Environment variables

Le Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 02:38:37AM +0100, Carl Fürstenberg a écrit : Seems nothing has happened last year and a half :/ While I feel the clarification in the bug replies are sufficient, I would think it would be good to have the patch applied. Hello everybody, note that in the meantime,

Bug#640263: debian-policy: Clarify policy section 9.9 - Environment variables

Hi, Russ Allbery wrote: I propose the attached patch to address all of those issues. Seconds or further discussion? [...] policy.sgml | 24 ++-- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) What happened to this proposal? Does it need attention from any

Bug#640263: debian-policy: Clarify policy section 9.9 - Environment variables

Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com writes: Colin Watson wrote: --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -7449,8 +7449,8 @@ Reloading vardescription/var configuration...done. headingEnvironment variables/heading p - A program must not depend on environment variables to get

Bug#640263: debian-policy: Clarify policy section 9.9 - Environment variables

Russ Allbery wrote: I propose the attached patch to address all of those issues. Seconds or further discussion? Looks good to me. (Well, one nit: the log message says custom environment variables (not, say, PATH) where I think the intent is something like custom

Bug#640263: debian-policy: Clarify policy section 9.9 - Environment variables

Colin Watson wrote: Yes. How about: diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index bb424ed..3a8bd90 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -7449,8 +7449,8 @@ Reloading vardescription/var configuration...done. headingEnvironment variables/heading p - A program

Bug#640263: debian-policy: Clarify policy section 9.9 - Environment variables

Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.2.0 Severity: normal Per resolution of bug #639997 I would like to ask for clarification of section 9.9 in the polcy regarding environmental variables, and if it implicitly excludes global environmental variables like PATH, or if all programs must include

Bug#640263: debian-policy: Clarify policy section 9.9 - Environment variables

Hi Carl, Carl Fürstenberg wrote: Per resolution of bug #639997 I would like to ask for clarification of section 9.9 in the polcy regarding environmental variables, and if it implicitly excludes global environmental variables like PATH, or if all programs must include themself a sensible

Bug#640263: debian-policy: Clarify policy section 9.9 - Environment variables

Jonathan Nieder wrote: See /usr/bin/iceweasel for an example Scratch that --- iceweasel can be run directly nowadays as /usr/lib/iceweasel/firefox-bin. I should have said see pre-2010 mozilla for an example involving LD_LIBRARY_PATH. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552864

Bug#640263: debian-policy: Clarify policy section 9.9 - Environment variables

On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 01:08:42PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Carl Fürstenberg wrote: Per resolution of bug #639997 I would like to ask for clarification of section 9.9 in the polcy regarding environmental variables, and if it implicitly excludes global environmental variables like PATH,