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Re: /etc/profile no longer used



On Fri, 30 May 2003 15:54:56 +0200, Etienne Perron wrote:

> since my last update of the "testing" packages, XFree86 is no longer
> using the file /etc/profile.
> 
> Is there another file that has the same function now?

	Perhaps not exactly, but wider: /etc/environment is meant to be used
by all shells, while /etc/profile only by Bourne shell lookalikes such as
bash.


-- 
Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra




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