45578 2004-03-23 23:47 0000 ash doesn't respect 'source', only '.' 2006-09-05 16:22:14 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Applications unspecified All Linux RESOLVED FIXED Inclusion P2 normal --- 1 Vazagi@io.dk x11@gentoo.org ka0ttic@gentoo.org truedfx@gentoo.org Vazagi@io.dk 2004-03-23 23:47:05 0000 After emerging xfree-4.3.99.902-r2, xfree would no longer use the wm I had choosen in rc.conf. The reason was that the script /etc/X11/chooser.sh expects /bin/sh to be bash, as it uses the "source" function, however, I had /bin/sh symlinked to /bin/ash, with the result that those calls failed. Changing the script to use /bin/bash fixed the problem. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Emerge xfree-4.3.99.902-r2 2. Replace default symlink from /bin/sh with one to another shell 3. run startx Actual Results: Xfree will fail to use the user-specified wm, but instead use the default one. Expected Results: ajax@nwnk.net 2005-01-16 14:41:04 0000 that sounds more like ash not being POSIX-compliant. if you edit the chooser.sh to say '.' instead of 'source', does it work as expected? dberkholz@gentoo.org 2005-09-07 09:23:24 0000 Waiting for response. Xaignar@amule.org 2005-09-07 11:59:49 0000 Sorry for the late reply. Changing "source" to "." does fix the issue with the stable version of ash in portage. I have not tested it with anything else though. Cheers, Mikkel S. dberkholz@gentoo.org 2005-09-07 15:18:24 0000 OK dberkholz@gentoo.org 2005-09-07 15:19:53 0000 Aaron, you look more like the maintainer than anyone else. Please add metadata. truedfx@gentoo.org 2006-07-27 22:27:43 0000 (In reply to comment #1) > that sounds more like ash not being POSIX-compliant. 'source' is not defined by POSIX, only '.' is. This is not a bug in ash. Sending back to x11@. dberkholz@gentoo.org 2006-09-05 16:22:14 0000 Fixed, remerge your xinit in an hour or so.