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PATCH RFC use environment to signify container name for rc scripts

To: Nathan Scott <nscott@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: PATCH RFC use environment to signify container name for rc scripts
From: Mark Goodwin <mgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:39:17 +1100
Cc: pcp <pcp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Nathan, dockerfiles have an ENV feature, which can pass an environment
variable to all future "docker run" invocations. It can also be overridden
with "docker run --env whatever=something".  So we could use this instead
of $PCP_SYSCONF_DIR/pcp.pause. An errant or stale pcp.pause file could
cause havoc (especially with QA), .. but then so could incorrect environment.

Something like $PCP_CONTAINER_NAME might prove very useful in contexts
other than rc scripts too. Thoughts?

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