Re: Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME

From	Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME
Date	2019-08-22 23:20 +0200
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On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 12:01:09AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Ma, 20 aug 19, 16:39:50, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > 
> > And now people will think that running login shells in every terminal
> > session is the RIGHT way.
> 
> Please do feel free to educate me on when/why it's wrong to run login 
> shells instead of a plain interactive shell (or just point me to the 
> relevant docs).

https://mywiki.wooledge.org/DotFiles gives some reasons.  Of course it
was written before systemd, and therefore doesn't cover all of the
recent contortions, revelations, intrigues, scandals and madness.  (And
it's a wiki, so some parts of the page aren't mine -- draw your own
conclusions about each piece of the content.)

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Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME Vipul <finn02@disroot.org> - 2019-08-20 16:30 +0200
  Re: Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-08-20 16:40 +0200
    Re: Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-08-20 16:50 +0200
    Re: Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-08-20 22:30 +0200
      Re: Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-08-20 22:50 +0200
        Re: Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-08-22 23:10 +0200
          Re: Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-08-22 23:20 +0200
            Re: Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-08-23 15:00 +0200
      Re: Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME Vipul <finn02@disroot.org> - 2019-08-21 05:10 +0200
    Re: Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME Vipul <finn02@disroot.org> - 2019-08-21 04:50 +0200
      Re: Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-08-21 15:20 +0200
        Re: Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-08-21 16:50 +0200
          Re: Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-08-21 17:10 +0200
        Re: Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME Vipul <finn02@disroot.org> - 2019-08-22 21:10 +0200
          Re: Bash isn't reading ~/.profile file when login from GNOME Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-08-22 21:30 +0200

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