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#18698
Our WindowMaker wrapper pollutes PATH in the entire X session
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Reported by: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 00:51:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
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宋文武 <iyzsong <at> gmail.com> skribis:
> Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus <at> mdc-berlin.de> writes:
>
>> The fix may have resulted in unintended side-effects. On a fresh
>> installation of the System Distribution v0.8.1 WindowMaker is installed
>> by default, but it is not completely functional.
>>
>> For example, the attempt to change the style via the menu results in
>> this error to be displayed:
>>
>> Could not execute command:
>> setstyle /gnu/store/...windowmaker.../share/WindowMaker/Styles/Black.style
>>
>> Likewise, selecting "Configure Window Maker" from the right-click menu
>> results in this error:
>>
>> Could not execute command: exec WPrefs
>>
>> The "setstyle" executable is located in
>> /gnu/store/...windowmaker.../bin/, but is not in the PATH.
> Yes, the $out/bin of windowmaker is not in $PATH, and same for sawfish.
>
> Instead of wrapping every executable of session-type, we can:
>
> #1: Add the package to system profile ('packages').
> It's not clear to me how to do it now, until we have something
> like the NixOS's module system.
What I have in mind is to add a ‘packages’ field in ‘service’. That
would allow service implementations to contribute packages to the global
profile. Thoughts?
> #2: Make SLiM use '/run/current-system/profile/share/xsessions' as
> session_dir.
> So simply add a package providing xsession file to 'packages' should
> make it available to SLiM. And all DE and many window-managers provide
> xsession files already (eg: openbox, sawfish, xfce), we can patch
> the rest (eg: WindowMaker) to install one.
IIUC the bug initially reported here would remain: the user’s $PATH
would be polluted with the window manager’s stuff, no?
Thanks,
Ludo’.
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