Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (422 mails)

[Dave Plater <dave.plater@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob OpenSuSE wrote:
> 2009/1/21 Dave Plater <dave.plater@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>   
> > If I do that in bash.bashrc.local then maybe it might work?
> >     
>
> I don't think so, I was suggesting an alteration to nullify the proxy
> strings, specifically aimed to clean up the package management
> behaviour, when the proxy usage is turned off.  That is to rely soley
> on what's written in ~root/.curlrc, avoiding user http_proxy settings.
>
> The behaviour of the environment, is performance and ease for
> programmer oriented.  Effectively it is an  in-process memory cache of
> configuration oriented settings, without reading disk files, or
> accessing a database.  Knowledgeable experienced users do not expect,
> changes to those settings to be immediately effective.
>
>
> info:/bash/Bash Startup Files
> Suggests possibily of defining BASH_ENV, a startup file that would be
> read by non-interactive /bin/bash scripts.
> However there's no guarantee this would be run.
>
> The specification of char ** environ as a variable, makes it hard to
> provide new backends with more sophisticated configurable cache-ing
> behaviour via getenv/putenv/setenv/unsetenv/clearenv functions.   So
> software suites which need sophisticated configuration, use other
> methods.  For example browsers provide ways for Network Admin to
> configure automatic proxy detection.
>
> Hopefully these explanations will help you understand the explanation
> Katarina Machalkova gave earlier in the thread.  If not then some
> generalised reading on concepts of processes, environment will make
> things clearer.
>
>   
I have resigned myself to changing delay_pools values in squid.conf and
rcsquid restart to control bandwidth usage on the fly as before. Thanks
for the enlightenment as far a environments are concerned, I'm still a
newbie as far as nix systems are concerned.
Regards
Dave P

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