pkg/39891: xdm does not use shell startup scripts

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>Number:         39891
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       xdm does not use shell startup scripts
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Nov 10 12:45:00 +0000 2008
>Originator:     hramrach
>Release:        NetBSD 4.99.73
>Organization:
        <organization of PR author (multiple lines)>
>Environment:
        <The following information is extracted from your kernel. Please>
        <append output of "ldd", "ident" where relevant (multiple lines).>
System: NetBSD 4.99.73 NetBSD 4.99.73 (miniMac) #3: Mon Nov 3 15:40:22 CET 2008 
root@:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/miniMac i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
        I installed the xdm package from pkgsrc.
        I want my locale to be en_US.UTF-8 so that I can use texts that are 
written in my native language.
        Where do I set this up, system-wide?

        There is no option in xdm to select language.
        The X session does not read /etc/profile. My shells inside the terminal 
do but the terminal does not know about utf-8 because the terminal process 
itself is not started in any sane environment.
        There is no ENV script the X session scripts supplied use, certainly 
not one that would also be used for terminal logins.
>How-To-Repeat:
        log in through xdm
>Fix:
        Provide and document some way to set up environment for X and shell 
logins.

>Unformatted:
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