Dnia 2014-06-17, o godz. 09:25:32
Ian Stakenvicius <a...@gentoo.org> napisał(a):

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> On 16/06/14 07:38 PM, Joshua Kinard wrote:
> > Can $PATH be configured via our existing eselect tool to
> > enable/disable the crossdev paths when needed?
> > 
> 
> Technically it could but not really ; PATH is an environment thing,
> AFAIK all eselect could do is trigger the addition or removal of
> entries in /etc/env.d/ , but after that happens one would still need
> to 'env-update && . /etc/profile' to get the changes.
> 
> Similarly I don't think using an eselect tool to bring the crossdev
> tools into the default path (via symlinks) is a great idea either; yes
> it'd allow users to un-eselect the crossdev tools when errors occur,
> but the errors would still occur every time a user forgets to do this
> first.
> 
> It would be easier to update PATH yourself manually in the shell, I
> expect; perhaps a quick utility could do that for you (maybe opening
> up a crossdev-ready subshell) so you don't have to remember the path.

+1. That's how sane tools work.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny

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