Subject: bug#44414: xterm has GI_TYPELIB_PATH set when started via gdm via fluxbox

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:54:05 -0400

Hello,

Danny Milosavljevic <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hi,
>
> this is one of the bug reports in the aftermath of the problem I had outlined
> in "GNOME in Guix" thread.
>
> Currently, even when using xterm, started by fluxbox, started by gdm-x-session,
> the environment variable GI_TYPELIB_PATH is set inside the shell started by
> that xterm.
>
> Please don't do set GI_TYPELIB_PATH that way.

Just confirming that is still the case on a GDM launched session, with:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
cat /proc/$(grep xterm)/environ | xargs -0 -n1 | grep ^GI_TYPELIB
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Maxim