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Rework environment variable support. (Reported by Kalle Olavi Niemitalo and Noah Friedman.) * src/callproc.c (Vglobal_environment, Vlocal_environment_variables): Remove. (getenv_internal, child_setup): Don't look at global-environment or local-environment-variables. (Fgetenv_internal): Update docs. (set_initial_environment): Rename from set_global_environment. Store Emacs environment in initial frame parameter. (syms_of_callproc): Remove obsolete defvars. Update docs. * lisp/env.el (read-envvar-name): Remove reference to global-environment. (setenv-internal): New function. (setenv): Use it. Always set process-environment. Update docs. (getenv): Update docs. (environment): Rewrite for the new environment design. Update docs. * lisp/frame.el (frame-initialize): Copy the environment from the initial frame. * src/emacs.c (main): Call set_initial_environment, not set_global_environment. git-archimport-id: [e-mail]--2004/emacs--multi-tty--0--patch-569

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