Bug#370323: xdm/xdm-config munges $PATH with incorrect values
Package: xdm
Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6
Severity: minor
somehow xdm-config was munged up to insert '/ sbin' into the $PATH variable.
This breaks a lot of GUI stuff.
Not present in profile files.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (550, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-486
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages xdm depends on:
ii cpp 4:4.0.2-2 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.1 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libpam-modules 0.79-3.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam-runtime 0.79-3.1 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 0.79-3.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libselinux1 1.30-1 SELinux shared libraries
ii libsm6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Session Management
ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxau6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Authentication library
ii libxaw8 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Athena widget set library
ii libxdmcp6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Display Manager Control Protocol
ii libxext6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxinerama1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxmu6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxp6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System printing extension
ii libxpm4 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X pixmap library
ii libxt6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Toolkit Intrinsics
di xbase-clients 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 miscellaneous X clients
xdm recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
xdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
xdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/X11/xdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: xdm
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