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Re: Installation hangs because asks for input from terminal (Attn: tetex maintainer, setup maintainer)
Christopher Faylor writes:
> No, you can't have a completely empty environment on Windows. There
> are some environment variables that really have to be there.
I understand that, can't we make a list of those essential variables,
and wouldn't it be nice if setup.exe copied those essential variables only?
And if so, what about /etc/profile?
Jan.
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