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
prev 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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