Bug#242507: [jirka@5z.com: Re: GDM and gnomerc]

[Ryan Murray]

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On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 08:18:40PM +0100, Joel Becker wrote:
> 	This is what the upstream maintainer has to say on the subject.

I'm subscribed to the list.

> The user shouldn't have to know how to properly create a .xsession that
> exactly matches the system Xsession just to get their environment
> working.  Never mind that, once the user figures out how to make their

errr, the system Xsession scripts are still called before your .xsession,
in the same way that happens whether you start X with startx, gdm, or xdm.
This means that your .xsession only needs to start your window manager.

> mean things like $VISUAL, $HTTP_PROXY, and anything else the sysadmin
> might set in /etc/profile.  Language settings aren't the only thing out

/etc/profile is a sh-like login shell startup script, not a list of
environment variables to be set at login.  For a list of environment
variables, try the /etc/environment PAM configuration file, which will work
correctly no matter what your login shell is, or how you login.

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Ryan Murray, Debian Developer (rmurray@cyberhqz.com, rmurray@debian.org)
The opinions expressed here are my own.

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