···3636 default = {};
3737 description = ''
3838 A set of environment variables used in the global environment.
3939- These variables will be set on shell initialisation.
3939+ These variables will be set on shell initialisation (e.g. in /etc/profile).
4040 The value of each variable can be either a string or a list of
4141 strings. The latter is concatenated, interspersed with colon
4242 characters.