Bug#488535: x11-xserver-utils: xrdb fails with "sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `"
> Launching xrdb from the command line results in the following error:
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> $ xrdb
> sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> sh: -c: line 0: `/usr/bin/cpp -DHOST=lowry-nb -DSERVERHOST=lowry-nb -DSRVR_lowry_nb -DDISPLAY_NUM=0 -DCLIENTHOST=lowry-nb -DCLNT_lowry_nb -DVERSION=11 -DREVISION=0 -DVENDOR="The X.Org Foundation" -DVNDR_The_X_Org_Foundation -DRELEASE=10400090 -DNUM_SCREENS=1 -DEXT_DAMAGE -DEXT_Composite -DEXT_XINERAMA -DEXT_RANDR -DEXT_RENDER -DEXT_XFree86_Bigfont -DEXT_XFIXES -DEXT_SECURITY -DEXT_XAccessControlExtension -DEXT_XC_APPGROUP -DEXT_XKEYBOARD -DEXT_XTEST -DEXT_XInputExtension -DEXT_MIT_SHM -DEXT_glesx -DEXT_ATITVOUT -DEXT_ATIFGLEXTENSION -DEXT_ATIFGLRXDRI -DEXT_XFree86_DRI -DEXT_RECORD -DEXT_SGI_GLX -DEXT_GLX -DEXT_DOUBLE_BUFFER -DEXT_X_Resource -DEXT_XVideo -DEXT_Extended_Visual_Information -DEXT_TOG_CUP -DEXT_DPMS -DEXT_XFree86_DGA -DEXT_XFree86_Misc -DEXT_XFree86_VidModeExtension -DEXT_XC_MISC -DEXT_MIT_SCREEN_SAVER -DEXT_SYNC -DEXT_BIG_REQUESTS -DEXT_MIT_SUNDRY_NONSTANDARD -DEXT_SHAPE -DSCREEN_NUM=0 -DWIDTH=1280 -DHEIGHT=800 -DX_RESOLUTION=3743 -DY_RESOLUTION=4167 -DPLANES=24 -!
> DBITS_PER_RGB=8 -DCLASS=TrueColor -DCLASS_TrueColor=35 -DCOLOR -DCLASS_TrueColor_24=35 -DCLASS_DirectColor_24=75 -DCLASS_(null)_24=93 -DCLASS_TrueColor_32=137 '
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What do you have in your config causing this? Something in your shell
config maybe? We can't reproduce this. xrdb just waits for input on
stdin here.
Brice
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