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gnome-session and libpcre crash due to environment variable's length

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Message #8 received at 57682 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com>
To: Nashdidan <boards2x <at> protonmail.com>, 57682 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: gnome-session and libpcre crash due to environment variable's
 length
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2022 17:05:29 +0200

Am Donnerstag, dem 08.09.2022 um 10:10 +0000 schrieb Nashdidan:
> I'm still seeing this issue with current version of gnome-session in
> GuixSD. I had to remove flatpak and unset XDG_DATA_DIRS which
> exceeded 1000 chars to be able to login again.
> 
> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/38309
> 
> Thanks
What is your XDG_DATA_DIRS with and without flatpak?  I personally
doubt this is actually a length issue, as $XDG_DATA_DIRS in a regular
gnome-terminal has 2614 characters – an order of magnitude less than
the number reported in #38309 and very doable on Guix System.

Cheers

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