Re: xsrc/54851: .profile is not read by sh when using xdm or other login managers

[Rhialto <rhialto%falu.nl@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR xsrc/54851; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Rhialto <rhialto%falu.nl@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: xsrc/54851: .profile is not read by sh when using xdm or other
 login managers
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 22:11:21 +0100

 Having something special in .Xsession (or other session startup script)
 to make a login shell may not propagate properly to xterms you then
 start later (depending on how you set up various shell initialization
 files). Personally I think it makes sense that xterms are all login
 shells in their own right, just like grabbing the next ADM-3a next to
 you and logging in gives you a new login shell.
 
 My method to get this result is this in my .Xresources:
 
 xterm.vt100.LoginShell:		on
 
 -Olaf.