Bug#450706: xterm strips TMPDIR from environment (bug #276234 is really a bug)
Package: xterm
Version: 222-1etch2
Severity: normal
hello,
sry i wanted to post this as an follow up for bug #276234 but the mail
was rejected:
host bugs.debian.org[140.211.166.43] said: 550 unknown user (in reply to
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this bug still exists in xterm. xterm inherits _every_ environment
variable i've set _exept_ TMPDIR. this behaviour is not documented and
afaik not intended.
bug description / verification:
a) ~/.bash_env
--- 8< ---
export TMPDIR=foo
export TEST=bar
--- >8 ---
b) ~/.xsession
--- 8< ---
. ~/.bash_env
--- >8 ---
c) ~/.bash_profile
--- 8< ---
. ~/.bash_env
--- >8 ---
d) via ShowCmdDialog or some analougus tool out of your favorite wm:
env > environment-test
e) grep TMPDIR ~/environment-test
TMPDIR=foo
f) start xterm via debian menu
$ echo $TMPDIR
$ echo $TEST
bar
$
this bug is not windowmanager specific: i tested it under pekwm, fluxbox
and gnome.
this bug is debian specific. i compiled the xterm_229.orig.tar.gz without
appling the debian pachtes to verify this.
for various reasons -ls is not allways desireable, so using it as 'fix'
for this bug is not allways acceptable (i for example have startx,
screen -x and things like this in my .bash_profile on various desktop
installations which make the destinction between 'interactive' and
'login' shell quite usefull).
my workaround (for the sake of other users suffering from this bug):
split your bash_profile and put environment settings in a some other file
(eg. ~/.bash_env). source it out of ~/.bash_profile. export an check
variable (eg. export _env=haveit). add the following lines to your
~/.bashrc:
[ -z "$_env" ] && . ~/.bash_env # for the sake of completeness
# workaround Bug #276234
[ -z "$TMPDIR" -a -n "$_env" ] && eval `/bin/grep "export TMPDIR" ~/.bash_env`
yours,
rainer ruprechtsberger
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (150, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.1-fredericks
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libfontconfig1 2.4.2-1.2 generic font configuration library
ii libice6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsm6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 Session Management library
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxaw7 1:1.0.2-4 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-8 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxmu6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii xbitmaps 1.0.1-2 Base X bitmaps
Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii xutils 1:7.1.ds.3-1 X Window System utility programs
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