Hi Thomas On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 01:58:36PM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: > On 03/27/2013 08:54 PM, adrelanos wrote: > > Package: general > > Severity: wishlist > > > > I'd like to have a /etc/environment.d folder. Contributing that code > > shouldn't be hard for me. But I don't know where the would be the best > > place to implement it and how? > > > > http://codesearch.debian.net tells, that many packages read > > /etc/environment directly, not using some system mechanism to get the > > contents of it, which makes the implementation harder. > > > > Asking all affected packages to read /etc/environment.d as well or to > > start using a system function to do that seems unlikely? > > > > The most realistic option could be to write something similar to > > resolvconf, i.e. creating a package which phrases /etc/environment.d > > and dynamically creates /etc/environment. > > > > Please tell me what you think. > I might sound silly, but ... what is /etc/environment for? What > are the packages reading it, and for what use?
It is the default environment file for the pam_env.so module from libpam-modules package. It allows (un)setting specific environment variables. See for example for the su service, in the session management group: ,---- [ /etc/pam.d/su ] | [...] | # This module parses environment configuration file(s) | # and also allows you to use an extended config | # file /etc/security/pam_env.conf. | # | # parsing /etc/environment needs "readenv=1" | session required pam_env.so readenv=1 | # locale variables are also kept into /etc/default/locale in etch | # reading this file *in addition to /etc/environment* does not hurt | session required pam_env.so readenv=1 envfile=/etc/default/locale | [...] `---- Regards, Salvatore -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130328062004.ga7...@elende.valinor.li
