Gene Heskett wrote: > 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 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
