Re: When gdm will use default locale setting ?
On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 05:48:04PM +0200, Jean-Christophe Dubacq wrote:
> On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 02:30:46PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > set -a
> > > . /etc/environment
> > > set +a
> >
> > What are the set -/+ a for ?
>
> So that LANG is exported when gdm is executed. If not defined it is by
> default not exported and thus not usable at all by gdm (the binary) (not
> even seen).
>
> LANG=mylocale
>
> is the form normally obtained in /etc/environment.
>
> For whatever reason I used in fact set -o allexport and set +o
> allexport.
>
> > Also, why do you not test for the existence of the /etc/environment file
> > before sourcing it ?
>
> I should. However, default installation of Debian installs a
> /etc/environment, now. But I should, really.
Could you perhaps post a patch to bug report Bug#192143 ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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