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Bug#276545: Xsession: $ERRFILE ($HOME/.xsession-errors) grows without bound



retitle 276545 xfree86-common: add Xsession option and logic for controlling number of lines in $HOME/.xsession-errors
tag 276545 - wontfix
thanks

On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 02:31:10PM -0400, Jeff Sheinberg wrote:
> Branden,
> 
> I disagree with you here, because the original bug submission has
> nothing whatsoever to do with "badly-behaved X clients".
> 
> I stand by my assertion that the $ERRFILE grows without bound, and
> therefore, it should probably be controlled by an option in the
> /etc/X11/Xsession.options file.

Okay, you convinced me.  :)

I can't make any guarantees as to how high a priority I'll give this, but
it should be pretty easy once I figure out exactly how I want to do it.

...probably an integer setting and some coreutils trick.

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