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Bug#1093464: spurious error message if XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set

From	Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject	Bug#1093464: spurious error message if XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set
Date	2025-11-11 15:40 +0100
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On Tue, Apr 08, 2025 at 07:37:52PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Jan 2025 at 00:14:17 +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > I run wine in text mode in a CI cronjob (so XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not defined).
> > Since I upgraded wine, it reports a spurious error message:
> > error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is invalid or not set in the environment.
> > even though I set WINEDEBUG=-all
> 
> I believe this message comes from libwayland-client, and cannot easily be
> suppressed by a caller.
> (https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=XDG_RUNTIME_DIR+is+invalid+or+not+set+in+the+environment&literal=1)

Thanks for this info!
FWIW, I do not see why libwayland-client should expect XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to be set.
This seems like a major layering violation. One should be able to use wayland without
using a desktop environment.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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Bug#1093464: spurious error message if XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> - 2025-11-11 15:40 +0100
  Bug#1093464: spurious error message if XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2025-12-04 17:10 +0100
    Bug#1093464: spurious error message if XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2025-12-04 17:20 +0100

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