On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 03:55:05AM +0900, Changwoo Ryu wrote: > 2004-09-02, 17:49 -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s9.9 > > > > I'll summarize: Debian does not need a mechanism for packages to set > > system-wide environment variables, because Debian packages are not > > allowed to rely on environment variables at all. > > > > Anything that requires users to set environment variables on other > > systems should be packaged with a wrapper script or similar mechanism, > > in Debian, so that the variables do not need to be set explicitly in > > the user's session. > > Some offtopic: could anyone tell whether the following environment variable > dependency is a policy violation? If yes, what's the way to resolve it? > > To use XIM (X input method) server, users should set XMODIFIERS > environment variable. For example, to use my package "nabi", users > should set like 'XMODIFIERS="@im=nabi"'. The problem is, > XMODIFIERS variable is not required for "nabi" program itself, but > for the X client programs which are expected to connect to the "nabi". This is per-user configuration, not a system-wide thing. Different subject entirely. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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