On 2008-06-06, Russ Allbery wrote: > This proposal asks for an /etc/profile.d, the contents of which would be > sourced by every shell and which could be used to set environment > variables for all users. s/every shell/every bourne-type shell/ (and zsh when invoked in compatibility mode, but then it acts as a bourne- type AFAIK). > This is contrary to the intent of Policy 9.9, which explicitly prohibits > programs from depending on environment variables to get reasonable > defaults. that completely misses the point, the reason for wanting a profile.d is not for <random package> to set defaults for itself, but to allow for packaged customizations Note that the exact same mechanism is already available in several places to provide customizations of the environment: - xsession.d - every non-bourne shell other then zsh already has an equivalent .d directory (and has for at least 2 years or so, though granted that they're all less commonly used shells) Could it be abused, contrary to section 9.9? Yes, but: - then it would be an RC-bug - it's unlikely (given that this exact mechanism has not caused problems when provided elsewhere) -- Cheers, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
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