kbuildsycoca problem?
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Sat Dec 2 00:01:23 UTC 2006
Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Friday 01 December 2006 16:52, Rex Dieter wrote:
>> Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> On Friday 01 December 2006 07:53, Rex Dieter wrote:
>>>> what does
>>>> # echo $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
>>>> say?
>>> Nothing, its empty, and I don't recall seeing it in an env output.
>> That's one problem. XDG_CONFIG_DIRS should be getting defined from
>> /etc/kde/env/env.sh (if using FC stock packaging)
>
> AFAIK I am. The /etc/kde/env/env.sh contains:
> ---
> # from http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/
> # XDG_CONFIG_DIRS: where to look for menu config(s)
> if [ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}" ] ; then
> XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/kde/xdg:/etc/xdg
> export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
> fi
> ---
>>From man bash:
> -z string
> True if the length of string is zero.
>
> Since its zero, as in doesn't exist at that point, common sense says that
> this script, _if_ its being exec'd, should properly set it. But it
> apparently doesn't. I can set another junk var and export it to test I
> think. This would require an x restart I'd think.
>
> I added
> JUNQUE_VAR=123456789;export JUNQUE_VAR above the if [conditional], then
> restarted x. Its is not visible in an env report. This I believe
> confirms that it is not being exec'd at a startx instant.
>
> Where do we go from here, Rex?
It appears, root's env space is getting reset, whereas normal users
don't. Does that match with your findings? There's a buglet in there
somewhere, but I'll be darned if I know where to look for it.
Might be worth filing something in bugzilla (against kdebase initially,
I guess).
-- Rex
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