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Re: /etc/environment (related with bug #28446)



Francesco Potorti` <F.Potorti@cnuce.cnr.it> writes:

> As  you see,  the  file is  sourced, which  means  that the  values of  the
> variables defined should be properly quoted.

Yes, it is a bug in login that it doesn't do this.

>  Moreover, export instructions
> are needed inside /etc/environment, unless  one uses the "set -o allexport"
> instruction of  bash or ksh,  which is almost  unusable as it  triggers bug
> #23857.

This bug has been fixed upstream (yay!) and I have a new version
almost ready to upload.


Guy


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