From kde-core-devel  Mon Apr 25 19:17:20 2011
From: Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi () kde ! org>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:17:20 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Usage of env and shutdown directories of KDE
Message-Id: <20110425191720.GA4523 () ugly ! local>
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> On Monday 25 April 2011, Gökçen Eraslan wrote:
> > So, if a distro uses "/usr/lib" as libdir, sh files are searched in
> > ~/.kde and /usr/env directories since kde4-config is called with
> > "--path lib" parameters. This is the case in Pardus and Kubuntu
> > 10.10. openSUSE patched[1] startkde to source /usr/share/kde4/env
> > directory. Same thing is valid for shutdown directory.
> > 
> > Is this the intended behaviour? As far as I can see, there is no such
> > entry in kde4-config like "kde4-config --path env". That kind of
> > path variable would be useful.
> 
the system locations were never meant to be used with that. it was a
quick hack in the first place. if you feel like overengineering it
thoroughly, be my guest. but don't break compatibility, i.e., list the
current user locations.

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 07:22:23PM +0200, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> Maybe. In any case, "data" appears to be a better choice than "lib". At 
> least on openSUSE.
> 
if anything, then "config".