[arch-general] Sourcing /etc/rc.conf in configs and .install scripts

Gaetan Bisson bisson at archlinux.org
Tue Nov 12 16:18:34 EST 2013


[2013-11-12 22:05:12 +0100] Karol Blazewicz:
> I noticed a few configs and .install scripts mention /etc/rc.conf
> (mostly it's just '. /etc/rc.conf'), even though initscripts are not
> supported anymore.
> 
> For example locale.sh from filesystem package has
> 
> elif [ -r /etc/rc.conf ]; then
>   LANG=$(. /etc/rc.conf 2>/dev/null; echo "$LOCALE")
> fi
> 
> 
> Should I open a bug report for this?

Yes. Opening bug reports never hurts. One per package, please.

-- 
Gaetan


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