On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 06:44:32PM +0200, Mourad De Clerck wrote: > Gary V wrote: > > * Locale variables are now stored in /etc/default/locale and no more > > /etc/environment. The reason is that Debian Policy forbids modifying > > configuration files of other packages, and /etc/environment is a > > configuration file for PAM. > > Make sure to remove old definitions from /etc/environment, this file > > is no more modified for the reason explained above. > > > > OK, thank you. > > Does this mean the administrator has to change /etc/environment herself?
Yes. But you should wait until all applications which read /etc/environment are modified to read locale variables from /etc/default/locale. > The note only mentions removing old definitions. Should /etc/environment > just source /etc/default/locale? No, this is not possible, because /etc/environment is a PAM configuration file, which AFAICT does not support including other files. > Also (not sure if this is a bug, or I'd file it separately) - shouldn't > /etc/default/locale be a conffile? There is no default configuration, so the locales package cannot ship an /etc/default/locale conffile, it is handled by maintainer scripts instead, as described in policy 10.7. Denis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
