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[Hadmut Danisch <hadmut@xxxxxxxxxx>]

btw., there's lots of better files for doing that. Files in
/etc/X11/Xsession.d  read things like ~/.gnomerc or ~/.xsessionrc which
would be much better (or even use a specific file for language
settings), but under all circumstances keep fingers from ~/.profile.


Even worse, this affects the settings if someone is logging in through ssh or with other desktops.

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Title:
  language-selector-gnome modifies ~/.profile

Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  I just found that changing the language settings through gnome-
  control-center modifies ~/.profile

  This is an absolute NO GO. Never ever automatically modify ~/.profile.

  Plenty of reasons. One reason is that it can make it impossible to
  login if something does not work as expected. Second is that it makes
  it difficult/impossible to keep the profiles in sync between different
  machines. This is severe bad design.

  If you can't do it in any proper way inside the gnome environment,
  write it into a separate file and use a ". file" in .profile.

  But never ever try to fiddle around or overwrite a user-written
  .profile.

  BTW, the script fails if the .profile contains several export commands
  e.g. in a case instruction. This is *REALLY BAD*.

  
  (which, btw., proves that moving the language setting from the Desktop Manager into the Desktop was definitely a bad idea. This is worse than just poor design. This is really idiotic.)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: language-selector-gnome 0.56
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.21-generic 3.0.6
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Nov  1 23:45:09 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/tcsh
  SourcePackage: language-selector
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-29 (3 days ago)

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