[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: xorg-server-1.6.4-1

[Ken Brown]

On 10/8/2009 5:25 PM, Jon TURNEY wrote:
> On 04/10/2009 22:19, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>> On 03/10/2009 16:04, Ken Brown wrote:
>>> On 9/30/2009 11:41 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
>>>> The following patch has been REVERTED in this release:
>>>>
>>>> * "Use bash login shell to execute the commands started from the tray
>>>> menu": This could cause lengthly delays in launching programs
>>>> depending on the contents of the user's .bash_profile. Instead,
>>>> xinit-1.1.1-5 launches XWin itself in a login shell, which should have
>>>> the same effect.
>>>
>>> I think you may have also reverted some improvements that had been made
>>> to /etc/X11/system.XWinrc. As a result, starting xterm from the tray
>>> menu no longer starts a login shell. I would suggest something like the
>>> following, as we discussed in the thread starting at
>>> http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-xfree/2009-06/msg00010.html:
>>
>> Oh.
>>
>> Well, the point is that we shouldn't need to start things from XWinrc
>> using a login shell, as the change to startxwin.bat launches XWin from a
>> login shell, so all it's descendants should inherit a login environment.
>>
>> Doesn't seem to be working though :-(
> 
> Actually, this seems to be working fine.
> 
> But looking at PS1 to determine if you have a login shell in your 
> ancestry doesn't work, as PS1 gets unset by non-interactive bash shells. 
> (This is something which I have learnt today :-)
> 
> So attempting to set PS1 in /etc/profile and inherit it everywhere isn't 
> going to work.

OK, thanks for the explanation.

I still think you should consider using 'xterm -ls' in system.XWinrc, 
because I think most users are going to want to see their usual prompt 
when they start an xterm.

Ken

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