Re: dhclient-script, hooks, and changing the environment

[Brian May <bam@snoopy.debian.net>]

martin f krafft wrote:
> Anything else? Do you know of packages that rely on this
> functionality? Do you have scripts of your own which modify the
> environment? Would you please be so kind as to explain to me what
> they do, and help me figure out whether there isn't a better way for
> them?
>   
Packages that come to mind that want to alter the environment of it 
parent are:

   * ssh-agent
   * <http://modules.sourceforge.net/>

I guess you could also write a shell script to a temp file and then 
source that. Not sure if this is any cleaner though.

Brian May