Proposed patch to system.XWinrc

Jon TURNEY jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk
Tue Jun 23 18:33:00 GMT 2009


jose isaias cabrera wrote:
> "Ken Brown" wrote...
>> What's the reason for launching everything using sh rather than bash? 
>> If I'm reading the bash documentation correctly, it means that 
>> ~/.bash_profile won't get executed (though it would get executed if it 
>> were renamed ~/.profile).
>>
>> Ken
> 
> I've always wondered the same thing...

Always assuming that /bin/bash exists, or that /bin/sh is bash is probably bad 
style for portability across unicies.

However, in this specific case, it's probably ok.


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