> hi, > > On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 01:19:05AM +0100, Adrian Mastronardi wrote: >> I need to setup an shell variable: >> ENFDATA=/usr/share/rnamotif/enfdata/ > > according to debian policy, programs must not have to rely on the > existence of environment variables. what you should probably do is > hard-code into the applications that need this variable a default > location of /usr/share/rnamotif/enfdata/, and then allow the user to > override this value via the same environment variable. >
Alternatively, you may install a wrapper that sources some configuration file in /etc and then execs the main binary. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
