Re: UNIXMODE Environment ?

[Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.hb.north.de>]

Waldi Ravens writes:

> In <3i1utu$rjk@nasim.nasim.cube.net>, Frank Bartels wrote:
> 
> > The standard UNIXMODE should be "/brUs".
> 
> > I'd like to see these settings in the library as default and I'd like
> > to throw away UNIXMODE.
> 
> I agree. The UNIXMODE-stuff relies on all programs to pass their inherited
> environment to any newly spawned program. Programs that selectively create
> a new environment (e.g. sendmail) don't fit into this scheme and may cause
> unexpected, nasty side-effects.

how about a `long __default_unixmodebits__' with some sort of bitmap
for the various unixmode flags, somewhat like the stdio __default_mode__
we already have?  add both to the symbol list for xstrip -k, then the
^M die-hards could still patch their preferred settings into their
local executables...  and leave us init, sendmail, uucp, scripts, etc.
users alone with their cp/m problems.

 speak up now, or i'll start hacking...

 :)
	Juergen

PS: btw how many people are still using gnulib?  not the mintlib,
the `TOS-only' one i mean...
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