severity 595906 wishlist tag 595906 wontfix thanks Le mardi 07 septembre 2010 à 00:49 -0700, Bill Wohler a écrit : > Package: gdm3 > Version: 2.30.2-4 > Severity: normal > > I've had the following line in my .gnomerc for at least 10 years now to > provide environment variables, especially PATH, to my X session: > > . ~/.bashrc
Well, don’t do that. > This worked well until I installed squeeze this weekend. Once I copied > my $HOME files from backup, I couldn't log in! I was getting all sorts > of weird syntax errors in .xsession-errors. Turns out that these errors > were caused by a link from /bin/sh to /bin/dash "for performance > reasons." > > I worked around this problem by running "dpkg-reconfigure dash" and > saying No when asked to link sh to dash. > > However, I think it might be better to provide a means to incorporate > one's .bashrc instead when starting the X session. This mechanism might > also be useful for users of other shells as well. Also, what would be > the harm in changing the first line of /etc/gdm3/Xsession (assuming > that's the right file) to read #!/bin/bash instead of #!/bin/sh? And what do you suggest to do for those who wish to source their .zshrc ? *shrug* -- .''`. : :' : “You would need to ask a lawyer if you don't know `. `' that a handshake of course makes a valid contract.” `- -- J???rg Schilling -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
