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Re: Environment Script System



> I'd still think it was a bad idea, though. In general, the reason we
> need .d directories is so that packages can install separate files in
> them. Since packages aren't allowed to depend on environment variables,
> that just leaves the administrator, who can equally well use
> /etc/environment.

I'm puzzled?! I can understand that debian packages may not depend on
env variables during installaion/removement but packages may install env
variables which might be used later during normal work (i.e.
compilation). Could someone clear this?

O. Wyss

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