Hi Chris, /etc/profile should do the preparation work for users settings in .zshrc. But since .zlogin is sourced after .zshrc, it will override users settings in .zshrc. It resets $PATH and many other environment variables. This is counterintuitive.
You can find what archlinux did here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Zsh - /etc/zsh/zprofile Used for executing commands at start, will be sourced when starting as a *login shell*. Please note that on Arch Linux, by default it contains one line <https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/zprofile?h=packages/zsh> which source the /etc/profile. - /etc/profile This file should be sourced by all Bourne-compatible shells upon login: it sets up $PATH and other environment variables and application-specific (/etc/profile.d/*.sh) settings upon login. - $ZDOTDIR/.zprofile Used for executing user's commands at start, will be sourced when starting as a *login shell*. - ... - $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc Used for setting user's interactive shell configuration and executing commands, will be sourced when starting as an *interactive shell*. - ... - $ZDOTDIR/.zlogin Used for executing user's commands at ending of initial progress, will be sourced when starting as a *login shell*. On Sun, Oct 14, 2018, 09:34 Chris Marusich <cmmarus...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is the intended use of .zprofile any different from the intended use of > .zlogin? If .zprofile and .zlogin are both meant to serve the same > purpose, then I'm not sure why one would be preferable over the other. > >
