[Pkg-kde-commits] rev 1744 - branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdebase/debian

Christopher Martin chrsmrtn-guest at costa.debian.org
Thu Sep 8 15:39:19 UTC 2005


Author: chrsmrtn-guest
Date: 2005-09-08 15:39:18 +0000 (Thu, 08 Sep 2005)
New Revision: 1744

Modified:
   branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdebase/debian/changelog
   branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdebase/debian/kdm.NEWS
Log:
Update kdm.NEWS with login script stuff.


Modified: branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdebase/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdebase/debian/changelog	2005-09-08 13:55:15 UTC (rev 1743)
+++ branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdebase/debian/changelog	2005-09-08 15:39:18 UTC (rev 1744)
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
   +++ Changes by Christopher Martin:
 
   * Add a NEWS entry that explains the KDM upgrade process for users moving
-    from KDM 3.3.x. (Closes: #326542)
+    from KDM 3.3.x, as well as KDM's new behaviour regarding login scripts.
+    (Closes: #326542, #327191)
 
- -- Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde at lists.debian.org>  Sun,  4 Sep 2005 09:42:04 -0400
+ -- Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde at lists.debian.org>  Thu,  8 Sep 2005 11:13:41 -0400
 
 kdebase (4:3.4.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
 

Modified: branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdebase/debian/kdm.NEWS
===================================================================
--- branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdebase/debian/kdm.NEWS	2005-09-08 13:55:15 UTC (rev 1743)
+++ branches/kde-3.4.0/packages/kdebase/debian/kdm.NEWS	2005-09-08 15:39:18 UTC (rev 1744)
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
     will not remove Xservers even if kdmrc has been upgraded, if they detect
     local modifications. This should allow administrators to merge their
     Xservers changes into kdmrc before themselves removing Xservers. The new
-    ServerArgsLocal key in kdmrc is where most old Xservers customizations will
-    be placed.
+    ServerArgsLocal key in kdmrc is where most old Xservers customizations
+    should be placed.
 
   * Irrespective of the removal of the Xservers file, we highly recommend that
     all administrators accept the installation of the updated 3.4.x kdmrc file
@@ -19,7 +19,22 @@
     kdmrc, purging and reinstalling the package should achieve the desired
     effect.
 
- -- Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde at lists.debian.org>  Sun,  4 Sep 2005 09:42:04 -0400
+  * Another important change that users upgrading from KDM 3.3.x may notice
+    is that KDM's ability to source personal login scripts, long disabled, has
+    been restored. The exact files sourced on login will depend on the user's
+    choice of shell. For users of bash, KDM will source /etc/profile, followed
+    by ~/.bash_profile or, if that is not present, ~/.profile. Note that KDM
+    is NOT spawning a login shell, but is merely mimicking the behaviour that
+    popular shells would exhibit if they were login shells, by manually
+    sourcing the customary login scripts. /etc/kde3/kdm/Xsession controls this
+    behaviour. The important downside of this approach is that KDM will
+    utterly fail to start a user's session if the newly sourced files contain
+    certain types of commands. For instance, trying to "exec" many binaries
+    will fail, if they expect an interactive shell. Thus if KDM is refusing to
+    start your session, try commenting out elements of the newly sourced login
+    scripts, and you may find the problem resolved.
+ 
+ -- Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde at lists.debian.org>  Thu,  8 Sep 2005 11:13:41 -0400
 
 kdebase (4:3.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
 




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