Re: environment variables

[Ismael Valladolid Torres <ivalladt@punkass.com>]

ChadDavis escribe:
> I'm installing some software that needs the JAVA_HOME environement
> variables set.  I read in the debian policy manual that system wide
> environment variables are a bad idea.  I can see that.  It suggests
> writing a wrapper script to start my program.  The problem here is
> that you get a maintenance nightmare if you end up defining something
> like JAVA_HOME all over the place and then JAVA_HOME changes.  Any
> ideas to solve this?

Bad ideas are often practical. I'd set JAVA_HOME in /etc/environment
until something starts misbehaving because of this.

Cordially, Ismael
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