[bug #30470] GNUSTEP_USER_ROOT and GNUSTEP_PATHLIST set to wrong value

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

Follow-up Comment #6, bug #30470 (project gnustep):

> Are you suggesting it was impossible to configure the ~/GNUstep directory
to have a different name under the version this is supposed to provide
compatibility with? 

Yes.

And the current support is only for locations relative to the user's home
directory.
I can see a case for extending this, but it's not clear how:
Perhaps just to disable the USER domain entirely.
Perhaps to map the USER domain to another domain.
Perhaps to make the USER domain a shared domain (like LOCAL or NETWORK).
Perhaps to make the USER domain be in a per-user area relative to some other
location ... but if so, how would we specify it?  I'm not sure was could do it
by username as a username may not be a valid file name.  Probably we could put
it in a directory referenced by user ID (afaik all operating systems provide
some sort of numeric user ID).

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