given how painful (for the developers) the 10.1->10.2 upgrade was, I think they'd probably just as soon let the users be responsible for the their own environment settings.
On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 15:33, Remi Mommsen wrote: > Hi, > > Yes indeed this could be a problem. However, I have a customized > csh.cshrc since 10.2 came out and none of the incremental updates since > then touched those files. If this would happen (maybe when moving to > 10.3) one would have to rerun the script which adds the 'source > /sw/bin/init.csh'. I cannot juge if this could be automated by a fink > upgrade script or if at this point the user would have to run a script > manually. However, given the many problems reported on these lists > concerning .tcshrc and .cshrc I think this would be a minor burden. > > Cheers, > Remi > > > On Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at 12:03 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > > Indeed, one could do that. I've even suggested to people who want to > > set fink up for all users on a machine. The problem (which I had > > forgotten about) is that incremental operating system updates (10.2.x > > -> > > 10.2.x+1) could wipe it out. > > > > Since the Users Guide gets updated more frequently, it might be worth > > expanding the "Setting up your Environment" chapter. I've been > > referring people to this, rather than the umpteen other places where > > they are told how to set up a .cshrc, so checking the list archives is > > likely to point them in the right direction, anyway. > > > > On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 14:32, Remi Mommsen wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Another solution to this problem would be to add the 'source > >> /sw/bin/init.(c)sh' not to the users local files, but to the system > >> wides /etc/bashrc resp. /etc/csh.cshrc. The /etc/csh.cshrc is read > >> before the local .cshrc or .tcshrc of csh and tcsh. This could even be > >> done automatically during the fink setup. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Remi > >> > >> On Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at 08:14 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >> > >>> There has been additional discussion about .tcshrc interfering with > >>> .cshrc . A suggestion was made about adding to the documentation the > >>> info about what to do in the event of a .tcshrc . That seems like a > >>> lot > >>> of work to me. > >>> -- > >>> Alexander K. Hansen > >>> Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > >>> visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center > >>> Levitated Dipole Experiment > >>> 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > >>> Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------- > >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Scholarships for Techies! > >>> Can't afford IT training? 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