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Re: termcap problem in RXVT?
Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>>Not really. All the below reference says is that this is intentional, not why it's being done. My question was why.
>
> If you follow the later posts as I mention below, you might find the answers.
Don't have the time.
> If you're really interested in understanding what the background on this
> issue is, you'll want to check out the discussions in the email archives
> regarding the problems that arose when bash was changed.
>
> BTW, bash was changed because these environment variables are set at login
> on *NIX platforms, so setting them in bash is redundant at best.
>
> But I still recommend looking at the email archives to understand
> everyone's ideas on this issue.
I really don't have the time to do this. I just pointed out the issue.
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