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[Gunnar Hjalmarsson <794315@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2015-03-22 20:02, seeker5528 wrote:
> Is it a prerequisite?

Maybe a bad choice of words.

> It was done in the past so there is a strong argument that is should
> continue.

Right.

> If it is Ubuntu policy that '~/.profile' get sourced by the display
> manger, ...

Well, I'm not the one who should make statements about the "policy", but
I made a couple of remarks below.

> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables
> 
> Gives the expectation it should work...

Actually I have edited that page, and in connection with doing so I
started a thread on the topic at the ubuntu-devel mailing list.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-December/037899.html

> But right after they link to
> 
> http://userbase.kde.org/Session_Environment_Variables/en
> 
> Which does not say anything about '/etc/profile' or  '~/.profile'.
> 
> So should I take it that I should not expect kdm to source these files
> or is the sole purpose of the link to give you additional KDE specific
> options?
> 
> And I don't see on the community documentation page anyting about
> '~/.xsessionrc' (Debian) or '~/.xprofile' (Redhat).

Well, the page is part of an Ubuntu resource, and not an everything
Linux ditto. It's also a wiki page, so you are free to edit it. ;) OTOH,
I doubt that adding info about all configuration file variants in every
Linux distro would be an improvement...

> More discussion there than should be had in a bug report for lightdm,
> presenting them here so the questions are out there for future thought.

Since this bug report was closed long ago, it's unlikely that this is a
proper place for your thoughts. I would recommend that you bring the
matter up on the ubuntu-devel or ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/794315

Title:
  lightdm forgets to source /etc/profile and ~/.profile

Status in Light Display Manager:
  Fix Released
Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in lightdm package in Debian:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: lightdm

  /etc/gdm/Xsession had this code:
    # First read /etc/profile and .profile
    test -f /etc/profile && . /etc/profile
    test -f "$HOME/.profile" && . "$HOME/.profile"
    # Second read /etc/xprofile and .xprofile for X specific setup
    test -f /etc/xprofile && . /etc/xprofile
    test -f "$HOME/.xprofile" && . "$HOME/.xprofile"
  so that, for example, ~/bin gets added to the path (by the default ~/.profile), and any user-customized environment setup gets run.

  After switching from gdm to lightdm, this no longer happens.  This is
  going to be a regression now that lightdm is becoming the default
  display manager.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: lightdm 0.3.7-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-3.10-generic 2.6.39
  Uname: Linux 2.6.39-3-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: openafs
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Jun  7 19:27:11 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: lightdm
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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