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Bug 573024 - startup wrapper should sanity-check XDG_DATA_DIRS
startup wrapper should sanity-check XDG_DATA_DIRS
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 572916
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
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Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-02-24 20:20 UTC by Rui Matos
Modified: 2009-02-24 20:59 UTC
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Description Rui Matos 2009-02-24 20:20:33 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
gjs wasn't fiding the signals.js file. It turns out that I had a (dumb) line on my bash's .profile:

XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share

thus overriding the jhbuild shell value needed for gjs to find signals.js.

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Does this happen every time?


Other information:
Comment 1 Dan Winship 2009-02-24 20:59:42 UTC 
bug 572916 renders this irrelevant

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 572916 ***