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Re: Package organization issue...



Nicolás Lichtmaier:
>  Crazy? idea:
> 
>  Having a directory /etc/defaults where packages can put scripts to set
> environment variables... and /etc/profile would call run-parts on this
> directory (Of course it would need to be something like eval `run-parts
> ...`, and the scripts would print the commands).

Redhat already does something like this. It seems to work for them..
They call the directory /etc/profile.d/ . I'm not sure what type of scripts
they put into it, if they echo the commands or what.

I think it's a good idea.

-- 
See shy Jo.


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