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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-boot-settingenviron">
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| 9 |   <?dbhtml filename="settingenvironment.html"?>
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| 10 | 
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| 11 |   <title>Setting Up the Environment</title>
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| 12 | 
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| 13 |   <para>The new instance of the shell is a <emphasis>non-login</emphasis>
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| 14 |   shell, will read <filename>.bash_profile</filename> file. Create the
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| 15 |   <filename>.bash_profile</filename> file now:</para>
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| 16 | 
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| 17 | <screen><userinput>cat > ${LFS}/root/.bash_profile << "EOF"
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| 18 | <literal>PS1='\u:\w\$ '
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| 19 | LC_ALL=POSIX
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| 20 | PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/tools/bin:/tools/sbin
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| 21 | export LC_ALL PATH PS1</literal>
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| 22 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 23 | 
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| 24 |   <para>The <envar>LC_ALL</envar> variable controls the localization of
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| 25 |   certain programs, making their messages follow the conventions of a
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| 26 |   specified country. If the host system uses a version of Glibc older
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| 27 |   than 2.2.4, having <envar>LC_ALL</envar> set to something other than
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| 28 |   <quote>POSIX</quote> or <quote>C</quote> (during this chapter) may cause
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| 29 |   issues if you exit the chroot environment and wish to return later.
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| 30 |   Setting <envar>LC_ALL</envar> to <quote>POSIX</quote> or <quote>C</quote>
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| 31 |   (the two are equivalent) ensures that everything will work as expected
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| 32 |   in the chroot environment.</para>
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| 33 | 
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| 34 |   <para>By putting <filename class="directory">/tools/bin</filename> ahead
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| 35 |   of the standard <envar>PATH</envar>, all the programs installed in
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| 36 |   <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> are picked up by the shell
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| 37 |   immediately after their installation. This, combined with turning off
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| 38 |   hashing, limits the risk that old programs from the host are being used
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| 39 |   when they should not be used any longer.</para>
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| 40 | 
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| 41 | </sect1>
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