On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Raul Miller wrote: > > If we do this we must provide a good rational, because there's a lot we > > currently trust about the environment and this would be a change from > > existing practice.
Brock Rozen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, because we're not setting up anything standard except for the root > user. This isn't true. For example I think we're guaranteed that /usr/bin and /bin are always in the path. > /etc/environment just doesn't exist Rather, it doesn't have the purpose that some people might think > > [For example, take a look at how many scripts set IFS.] > > Could you give me an example of one please? I couldn't find any in my > /etc/init.d/ directory Exactly. Which means we're trusting the value of IFS to be sane. -- Raul
