Bug#428831: GDM does not parse /etc/profile for the PATH statement.

[Josselin Mouette]

Le jeudi 14 juin 2007 à 08:14 -0600, Chris Dos a écrit :
> Package: gdm
> Version: 2.18.2-1
> Severity: important
> 
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> It seems the GDM does not get it's PATH statement from /etc/profile, or pull the PATH 
> statement from .bash_profile when a WM is started.

AFAIK this is intentional. The PATH is inherited from /etc/login.defs.
The /etc/profile is a configuration file for bash, not for GDM.

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