Re: "goals" for slink: FHS
Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <antkaij@rolle.cc.jyu.fi> wrote:
> Are there any relevant programs that do not support MANPATH and
> INFOPATH?
Yes. There are also programs that don't support /etc/manpath.config
> For the transition period, have the default MANPATH and INFOPATH
> include both new and old locations. I believe this can be done by
> modifying the /etc/<shell>rc files for all popular login shells. This
> shouldn't be a big problem. It may be possible to do it at the init
> level (thus involving only one package), but I haven't got the
> slightest idea how.
We don't really have a good way of providing a consistent set of
environmental variables for all environments yet. Also note that
not all shells are login shells, and not all man-page browsers
are started from shells.
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Raul
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