On Friday, June 26, 2020 12:07:46 PM CEST Ian McInerney wrote: > On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 10:49 AM Kamil Dudka <kdudka@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thursday, June 25, 2020 11:44:06 PM CEST Ian McInerney wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 9:58 PM Kamil Dudka <kdudka@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > ...snip... > > > > > > > > Gentoo Linux uses the /etc/env.d tree to globally set environment > > > > > > variables: > > https://devmanual.gentoo.org/tasks-reference/environment/index.html > > > > > > It worked there long time before systemd was invented. But clearing > > > > this > > > > > > up in Fedora would ask for a separate system-wide change I guess... > > > > > > > > Kamil > > > > > > Isn't /etc/profile.d more inline with the FHS though? > > > > Could you please provide any reference? > > As I mentioned, the FHS calls out the "profile" file in /etc as being the > "Systemwide initialization file for sh shell logins" [1]. /etc/profile may in general contain arbitrary shell code that conditionally sources other configuration files etc. whereas /etc/env.d on Gentoo is used solely to initialize environment variables. > While not in the > FHS, it is custom to append ".d" to directories containing multiple > configuration files to parse (as you have even suggested with env.d). I did not suggest it for Fedora really. I just mentioned that the problem that _this_ change proposal is facing was already solved in another distro 10+ years ago. > That > is why I said it would be /more inline/ with the FHS (I never said it was > in the FHS currently), since it would then gather the files used by the > "profile" script into the directory "profile.d". That is what you say. But the specification itself does not say it at all. Kamil > > The FHS calls out > > > > > /etc/profile as being the "systemwide initialization file for sh shell > > > logins," so the profile.d directory would be the natural extension to > > > > that. > > > > > I don't see a mention of an env or evn.d in the FHS at all. > > > > I see no mention of profile.d in FHS 3.0 either. > > But there is no mention of an "env" file that is a systemwide environment > file either. So where does the initial "env" name fit into the FHS better > than the "profile" name? > > -Ian > > [1] > https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs-3.0.html#etcHostspecificSys > temConfiguration _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
