Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf

2006-02-14 Thread John Mylchreest
On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 08:15:23PM -0500, Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 13 February 2006 20:07, Forrest Voight wrote: How is that wrong? If it isn't, eselect would be a great way to switch EDITOR and XSESSION. jesus, talk about over engineering using eselect to

[gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf

2006-02-14 Thread Forrest Voight
Ok, forget EDITOR and XSESSION. I just started saying earlier that DISPLAYMANAGER could be put in /etc/conf.d/xdm. XSESSION and DISPLAYMANAGER are different, they just both relate to X. There is really no reason not to split them up. Forrest On 2/14/06, John Mylchreest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf

2006-02-13 Thread Paul de Vrieze
On Monday 13 February 2006 03:33, Donnie Berkholz wrote: And even then, it's only copied over when you specify the -m option to useradd. It isn't done by default. Users might further decide they use a .bashrc from a different system, or to clean all percieved cruft from the

[gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf

2006-02-13 Thread Forrest Voight
Why doesn't it make sense to split DISPLAYMANAGER and XSESSION up? They are related, but in different contexts. XSESSION is for the user and DISPLAYMANAGER is used at boot time. On 2/13/06, Paul de Vrieze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 13 February 2006 03:33, Donnie Berkholz wrote: And

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf

2006-02-13 Thread Paul de Vrieze
On Monday 13 February 2006 13:19, Forrest Voight wrote: Why doesn't it make sense to split DISPLAYMANAGER and XSESSION up? They are related, but in different contexts. XSESSION is for the user and DISPLAYMANAGER is used at boot time. On 2/13/06, Paul de Vrieze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On

[gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf

2006-02-13 Thread Forrest Voight
What about env.d? Gnome could install and env file that by default sets XSESSION to gnome. On 2/13/06, Paul de Vrieze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 13 February 2006 13:19, Forrest Voight wrote: Why doesn't it make sense to split DISPLAYMANAGER and XSESSION up? They are related, but in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf

2006-02-13 Thread Olivier Crete
On Mon, 2006-13-02 at 16:51 -0500, Forrest Voight wrote: What about env.d? Gnome could install and env file that by default sets XSESSION to gnome. Can't do... you can have gnome, kde, xfce, etc all installed at the same time. On 2/13/06, Paul de Vrieze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday

[gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf

2006-02-13 Thread Forrest Voight
What happens if two env.d files set the same variable? On 2/13/06, Olivier Crete [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2006-13-02 at 16:51 -0500, Forrest Voight wrote: What about env.d? Gnome could install and env file that by default sets XSESSION to gnome. Can't do... you can have gnome, kde,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf

2006-02-13 Thread John Myers
On Monday 13 February 2006 14:24, Forrest Voight wrote: What happens if two env.d files set the same variable? AFAIK, the env.d files processed in lexicographic order, and later entries override earlier ones, except for certain variables (such as PATH) which are added to instead. -- # #

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf

2006-02-13 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Monday 13 February 2006 19:01, Alec Warner wrote: Forrest Voight wrote: What happens if two env.d files set the same variable? You write an eselect module to choose between them :) brr wrong -mike -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf

2006-02-13 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Monday 13 February 2006 20:07, Forrest Voight wrote: How is that wrong? If it isn't, eselect would be a great way to switch EDITOR and XSESSION. jesus, talk about over engineering using eselect to manage some default variables instead of simply editing your ~/.bashrc file is like using a

[gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf

2006-02-12 Thread Forrest Voight
I was using an old gentoo system. Forget about KEYMAP. But, what about UNICODE? That is related to KEYMAP and consolefont. Shouldn't EDITOR and XSESSION be in a user-specific place? Forrest On 2/12/06, Donnie Berkholz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Gianelloni wrote: On Sun, 2006-02-12 at

[gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf

2006-02-12 Thread Forrest Voight
Then why can't it be in /etc/skel? On 2/12/06, Donnie Berkholz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forrest Voight wrote: I was using an old gentoo system. Forget about KEYMAP. But, what about UNICODE? That is related to KEYMAP and consolefont. Shouldn't EDITOR and XSESSION be in a user-specific

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf

2006-02-12 Thread Edward Catmur
On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 19:56 -0500, Forrest Voight wrote: On 2/12/06, Donnie Berkholz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forrest Voight wrote: I was using an old gentoo system. Forget about KEYMAP. But, what about UNICODE? That is related to KEYMAP and consolefont. Shouldn't EDITOR and XSESSION

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: /etc/rc.conf

2006-02-12 Thread Donnie Berkholz
Edward Catmur wrote: On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 19:56 -0500, Forrest Voight wrote: On 2/12/06, Donnie Berkholz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forrest Voight wrote: I was using an old gentoo system. Forget about KEYMAP. But, what about UNICODE? That is related to KEYMAP and consolefont. Shouldn't EDITOR