Where to put the assignment of global environment variables

[Volker Wysk]

Am Dienstag, dem 13.09.2022 um 07:37 +0200 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> Hi!
> 
> I want to do it right. I have global variables (PATH, MANPATH, INFOPATH),
> which need to be extended. I've tried it in /etc/environment, but that
> didn't have any effect. On the web, I've found the advice to put it in a
> script in /etc/profile.d, but there it gets evaluated *multiple* times.
> 
> Is that normal? Or where's the intended place for those environment
> variables?

Now I'm perplexed. I've rebooted and suddenly it works as expected. Moreso,
my "info" terminal in Emacs, which was broken, works again.

With shaking of my head,
Volker