Bug#54524: http_proxy and web clients.
On Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 09:10:10PM -0500, Greg Stark wrote:
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> Note that I'm not sure setting things in /etc/environment (or /etc/profile,
> which is a worse idea) really works the way it should. does it override the
> users' preferences saved in their dotfiles? That would be wrong.
Oh yes -- thank goodness policy forbids such nastiness -- other linux
distributions have a million settings in /etc/profile, and it is not a
thrilling situation -- logins take quite a bit longer under those distros,
and it just feels messy.
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Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/
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