[FreeNX-kNX] .bash_profile - Source it or not source it - that is the question

[Al Johnson]

I think we are a login shell, and should default to using the profile files. 
If some people are better off without them then there's no harm adding it as 
a config option, with the default being the current behaviour of sourcing 
them. I wouldn't be surprised if skipping the profile files causes other 
problems, so the option may be better as a diagnostic tool; if setting 
SKIP_PROFILE_SOURCE=1 sorts your problem then you need to fix your profile 
scripts.

On Wednesday 16 April 2008 00:45:12 Fabian Franz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Still people have the "blank screen" problem and applications do not start.
>
> This can be the fact if ~/.bash_profile for example contains:
>
> [ -x /usr/bin/zsh ] && exec /usr/bin/zsh
>
> We are sourcing /etc/profile and ~/.bash_profile in nxnode prior to
> application startup.
>
> Should we do this?
>
> Are we a "login shell"?
>
> Please vote on that matter.
>
> I thought of adding a config option, but then the question remains if it
> should be enabled by default or disabled.
>
> So please vote for your favorite solution.
>
> And if the removing of the default behavior of sourcing the *profiles would
> lead to problems somewhere for someone ...
>
> Best Wishes and Thanks,
>
> Fabian