bug#18698: closed (Our WindowMaker wrapper pollutes PATH in the entire X session)

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> Our WindowMaker wrapper pollutes PATH in the entire X session
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> Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:48:49 -0400
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> 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.
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>       Mark
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> Hello,
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> Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:
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> > 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.
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> >       Mark
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> I tested with the following modifications to our lightweight-desktop
> template:
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> --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.
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> +(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---
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> 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.
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> Closing.
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> Thanks,
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> Maxim
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