Bug#451617: xdm: Please remove /usr/bin/X11 from $PATH
Package: xdm
Version: 1:1.1.6-3
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
The default PATH in /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config still contains the
/usr/bin/X11 directory, which is redundant for X.Org 7.0 and higher
(and xdm cannot be used with earlier X11 versions anyway). Please
remove these entries:
--- xdm-config~ 2007-04-09 04:24:29.000000000 +0200
+++ xdm-config 2007-11-17 14:57:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
DisplayManager*setup: /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup
DisplayManager*reset: /etc/X11/xdm/Xreset
DisplayManager*authComplain: true
-DisplayManager*userPath: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
-DisplayManager*systemPath: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11
+DisplayManager*userPath: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games
+DisplayManager*systemPath: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
DisplayManager*loginmoveInterval: 10
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22.13
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages xdm depends on:
ii cpp 4:4.2.1-6 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.17 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.6.1-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libfontconfig1 2.5.0-1 generic font configuration library
ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libpam0g 0.99.7.1-5 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libselinux1 2.0.15-2+b1 SELinux shared libraries
ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-1+b1 X11 Session Management library
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 authorisation library
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii libxext6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxft2 2.1.12-2 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxinerama1 1:1.0.2-1 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxmu6 1:1.0.3-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.7-1 X11 pixmap library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-3 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii lsb-base 3.1-24 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii x11-common 1:7.3+6 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii xbase-clients 1:7.3+6 miscellaneous X clients - metapack
xdm recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: xdm
xdm/stop_running_server_with_children: true
xdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/xdm
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