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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Cc: 18698-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18698: Our WindowMaker wrapper pollutes PATH in the entire X session
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 10:43:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pn5m5gq8.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877g04iyku.fsf@yeeloong.lan> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Sun,  12 Oct 2014 20:48:49 -0400")

Hello,

Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:

> We install a wrapper script around WindowMaker that prepends
> /gnu/store/XXX-windowmaker-XXX/bin to $PATH.  This setting is propagated
> to all subprocesses in the entire X session, which is suboptimal.  It
> would be nice to find another solution, preferably by using absolute
> pathnames when launching subprocesses run by WindowMaker.
>
>       Mark

I tested with the following modifications to our lightweight-desktop
template:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
modified   gnu/system/examples/lightweight-desktop.tmpl
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ;; for a "desktop" setup without full-blown desktop
 ;; environments.

+(use-modules (gnu packages gnustep))
 (use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss))
 (use-service-modules desktop)
 (use-package-modules bootloaders certs ratpoison suckless wm xorg)
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
   ;; the log-in screen with F1.
   (packages (append (list
                      ;; window managers
-                     ratpoison i3-wm i3status dmenu
+                     windowmaker
                      ;; terminal emulator
                      xterm
                      ;; for HTTPS access
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

And I cannot reproduce this.  I believe the fix Ludo did 6 years ago in
be05e643ae4d62dc25aa88b7fbdb0eae9cf10eb0 combined with the use of a
xsession file added in commit 537fe4568f4 by Kei resolved this issue for
good.

Closing.

Thanks,

Maxim




      parent reply	other threads:[~2020-10-13 14:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-13  0:48 bug#18698: Our WindowMaker wrapper pollutes PATH in the entire X session Mark H Weaver
2014-11-13  7:59 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-02-10 11:01 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2015-02-11 12:32   ` 宋文武
2015-02-12 20:15     ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-02-14  5:22       ` 宋文武
2015-03-01 14:39         ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-10-13 14:43 ` Maxim Cournoyer [this message]

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