Re: xsrc/54851 (.profile is not read by sh when using xdm or other login managers)

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR xsrc/54851; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: xsrc/54851 (.profile is not read by sh when using xdm or other
 login managers)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 13:39:50 +0000

 On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 01:15:01AM +0000, Valery Ushakov wrote:
 >  >  Reducing the problem down to just the PATH seems to be Missing The
 >  >  Point slightly. It's also about locales, editing modes, etc.
 >  
 >  The editing mode is not relevant here.
 
 I don't see how it isn't relevant, since if I revert this change as you
 ask, we go back to non-functioning line editing in xterms spawned after
 xdm.
 
 Is there another temporary solution I can deploy that you'd find
 acceptable before I can figure out how to make everyone happy?
 
 I could make xterm create login shells. Obviously it doesn't
 make anything better for other terminal emulators, but it's a start.