Thanks for the bug report. I installed pdksh and looked through the man page, but could only find a mention of /etc/profile and ~/.profile getting read if the shell is a login shell. This isn't the case when you start a shell in gnome- terminal for example. I'm not sure about the other emulators, but I suspect the shell isn't started as a login shell in them either. gnome- terminal does allow you to start the shell as login shell, if you check the "Title and Command" tab in your profile's preferences.
But I may be referring to a different section in the documentation than what you are talking about. Can you quote the exact section of the documentation that causes the confusion? ** Changed in: pdksh (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- pdksh's operation conflicts with documentation, /etc/profile and ~/.profile are not read https://launchpad.net/bugs/49633 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs