GNU bug report logs - #18698
Our WindowMaker wrapper pollutes PATH in the entire X session

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Package: guix;

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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Subject: bug#18698: closed (Re: bug#18698: Our WindowMaker wrapper
 pollutes PATH in the entire X session)
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 08:00:04 +0000

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Your bug report

#18698: Our WindowMaker wrapper pollutes PATH in the entire X session

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 18698 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Cc: 18698-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18698: Our WindowMaker wrapper pollutes PATH in the entire X
 session
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 08:59:16 +0100

Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> skribis:

> 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.

Fixed in be05e64.

Ludo’.


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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Our WindowMaker wrapper pollutes PATH in the entire X session
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:48:49 -0400

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
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