On Friday 01 December 2006 16:52, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Friday 01 December 2006 07:53, Rex Dieter wrote:
>>> what does
>>> # echo $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
>>> say?
>> Nothing, its empty, and I don't recall seeing it in an env output.
> That's one problem. XDG_CONFIG_DIRS should be getting defined from
> /etc/kde/env/env.sh (if using FC stock packaging)
AFAIK I am. The /etc/kde/env/env.sh contains:
---
# from
http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/
# XDG_CONFIG_DIRS: where to look for menu config(s)
if [ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}" ] ; then
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/kde/xdg:/etc/xdg
export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
fi
---
>From man bash:
-z string
True if the length of string is zero.
Since its zero, as in doesn't exist at that point, common sense says that
this script, _if_ its being exec'd, should properly set it. But it
apparently doesn't. I can set another junk var and export it to test I
think. This would require an x restart I'd think.
I added
JUNQUE_VAR=123456789;export JUNQUE_VAR above the if [conditional], then
restarted x. Its is not visible in an env report. This I believe
confirms that it is not being exec'd at a startx instant.
Where do we go from here, Rex?
It appears, root's env space is getting reset, whereas normal users
don't. Does that match with your findings? There's a buglet in there
somewhere, but I'll be darned if I know where to look for it.
Might be worth filing something in bugzilla (against kdebase initially,
I guess).
-- Rex