From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JAxvv-0008Nk-J4 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:34:43 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JAxvt-0008JX-Hc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:34:41 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JAxvs-0008Hk-SQ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:34:40 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JAxvs-0008Hb-Jd for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:34:40 -0500 Received: from ns39764.ovh.net ([91.121.25.85] helo=nexedi.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JAxvs-0006BX-9V for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:34:40 -0500 Received: from [10.8.0.46] (unknown [10.8.0.46]) by nexedi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50D4E3EB24 for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 02:39:29 +0100 (CET) From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" Organization: enbug.org To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 02:34:38 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <20080101124728.GA30417@thorin> <477D07AB.5000904@nic.fi> <20080104080213.GA3020@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20080104080213.GA3020@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200801050234.38903.okuji@enbug.org> X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: opening new context (was: [PATCH] allow user-configurable menucolor) X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:34:42 -0000 On Friday 04 January 2008 09:02, Robert Millan wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 06:04:59PM +0200, Vesa J=C3=A4=C3=A4skel=C3=A4ine= n wrote: > > About new context: > > > > Shouldn't new context have clone of it's parent contexts settings? > > I wouldn't want to change that without having some input from whoever > designed (or understands) grub_env_export(). There's probably a reason f= or > it, although I can't see it. It is analogous to bash. If you invoke another bash from bash, that won't=20 inherit variables, unless they are exported. Besides that, I think it is a good thing that some kind of "clean room"=20 or "sandbox" is guaranteed. Okuji