Tadman, thank you for your reply.

This looks like the direction we will want to move to with future releases.

The problem I am having with our dot .profile configuration files is that they are actually ksh scripts (determining ports, etc) and not just a list of keys and values. I cannot actually determine what values they will produce until install time when the files are in the target directory and they are actually sourced.

I don't like this design, but I am thinking of sourcing the dot configuration files in a ksh script and then calling a Perl script that wraps the make process.

Or, at install time, should I source the dot configuration files in a ksh script that then writes the environment to a "frozen" file, read the "frozen environment" and then put the key/value pairs in the Perl environment hash? And then call make in the "thawed" environment?

These solutions still feel somewhat awkward.

In reply to Re: Re: Sourcing Dot Config Files and Monitoring Make Processes by hackdaddy
in thread Sourcing Dot Config Files and Monitoring Make Processes by hackdaddy

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