Where does fink set its environment variables?

Hello,
I have noticed that fink has set a number of environment
variables  
(like QTDIR, KDEDIR, ...) that are also set when
/sw/bin/init.sh is  
not sourced even when the shell is not even executed (for
example  
Emacs started from Spotlight).
Since I desperately try to set $LANG for applications that
are started  
this way I wonder where fink set these variables?

Thanks,

Florian

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Florian Lindner wrote:
> Hello,
> I have noticed that fink has set a number of
environment variables  
> (like QTDIR, KDEDIR, ...) that are also set when
/sw/bin/init.sh is  
> not sourced even when the shell is not even executed
(for example  
> Emacs started from Spotlight).
> Since I desperately try to set $LANG for applications
that are started  
> this way I wonder where fink set these variables?

There is no other Fink-specific mechanism for setting
environment 
variables than what is executed by /sw/bin/init.[c]sh,
namely init.[c]sh 
itself and then all the scripts inside /sw/etc/profile.d/.

Individual applications can, however, have wrapper scripts
that set 
environment variables before launching the main executable.
For example, 
/sw/bin/texmacs or /sw/bin/scilab or /sw/bin/vpython2.5 are
such wrapper 
scripts. I don't use Emacs.app from Fink, but I think its
main binary 
named "Emacs" is also such a wrapper script that
simply sources 
/sw/bin/init.sh before executing Emacs.bin. Have a look
inside 
Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/ and see what file types you find
there.

-- 
Martin



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