Startup files

Startup files

[Bernd Eggink]

The documentation (3.1.0) says that "Commands are first read from
/etc/zshenv". This is not true.  

"init.c" shows that each startup file from /etc is read only if the
appropriate #define is set (GLOBAL_ZSHENV, GLOBAL_ZPROFILE etc), but
none is set by default. On the other hand, the INSTALL file (if I got it
right) says that one has to explicitely _disable_ processing of a
scriptfile by adding the option --disable-scriptname to 'configure',
which suggests that GLOBAL_scriptname is set by default.

What is the intention? I'd prefer an implementation of the documented
default behaviour.

Bernd

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Re: Startup files

[Geoff Wing]

On 31 May 1997 05:15:47 +1000, Bernd Eggink <eggink@rrz.uni-hamburg.de> wrote:
:The documentation (3.1.0) says that "Commands are first read from
:/etc/zshenv". This is not true.  
:
:"init.c" shows that each startup file from /etc is read only if the
:appropriate #define is set (GLOBAL_ZSHENV, GLOBAL_ZPROFILE etc), but
:none is set by default. On the other hand, the INSTALL file (if I got it
:right) says that one has to explicitely _disable_ processing of a
:scriptfile by adding the option --disable-scriptname to 'configure',
:which suggests that GLOBAL_scriptname is set by default.

Unless you specify otherwise when you run configure, they're all set by
default in config.h . configure checks for --disable-whatever and
--enable-whatever=pathname  and if it finds neither it will give you defaults.

:What is the intention?

As it is.

:I'd prefer an implementation of the documented default behaviour.

It is.  What exactly leads you to believe they're unset by default?
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Re: Startup files

[Bart Schaefer]

On Apr 16,  9:51am, Peter Stephenson wrote:
} Subject: Startup files
}
} It's probably not too late to alter GLOBAL_RCS_FIRST into something else

Agreed.  (In fact, sort of by definition there's nothing new in 3.1.x
that we can't alter, but in practice I suppose anything pre-3.1.4 is
pretty much locked in.)

} What would be the preferred strategy?  Test NO_RCS before every script
} apart from /etc/zshenv, and skip them if it's set?  Does this meet
} everybody's requirements?

Semantically, that would do it for me.  However, I wonder if it's going
to cause any problems ... I don't imagine anyone sets NO_RCS just to
turn off the logout files, but it's possible.

Maybe the right thing is a new flag that could be set in ~/.zshenv to
disable only the (remaining) global files.  The sysadmin still gets
his shot in /etc/zshenv, and thereafter it's simple for the user to
get back control and keep it.

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Startup files

[Peter Stephenson]

Re: Bart's message which I've lost about NO_RCS and GLOBAL_RCS_FIRST

It's probably not too late to alter GLOBAL_RCS_FIRST into something else
--- it's only useful if it appears in /etc/zshenv and I can't imagine it
has done, yet.

What would be the preferred strategy?  Test NO_RCS before every script
apart from /etc/zshenv, and skip them if it's set?  Does this meet
everybody's requirements?

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