Well.... does this perhaps deserve it's own manpage? At least if it's not deprecated? I barely found any real documentation about it (how it's intended to be used and so).
It seems to be Some init-scripts on my system merely use it as a location for the local settings, e.g. console-screen.sh, keymap.sh and pcscd, overriden by /etc/defaults/locale: [ -r /etc/environment ] && ENV_FILE="/etc/environment" [ -r /etc/default/locale ] && ENV_FILE="/etc/default/locale" #then sourcing it somehow One of Debian's derivates has some nice specification: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables#System-wide% 20environment%20variables Cheers, Chris. -- 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/1281984888.12367.37.ca...@fermat.scientia.net
