[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#748944: Processed: Re: Processed (with 1 errors): on how lightdm does not like it when /etc/X11/Xsession is not executable

[Josip Rodin]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 04:57:53PM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On lun., 2015-07-20 at 12:51 +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> > Processing commands for control at bugs.debian.org:
> > 
> > > unarchive 748944
> > Bug #748944 {Done: James Lynn <james at biometry.me.uk>} [lightdm] 
> > lightdm: Attempt to login fails to get past greeter
> > Unarchived Bug 748944
> > > submitter 748944 !
> > Bug #748944 {Done: James Lynn <james at biometry.me.uk>} [lightdm] 
> > lightdm: Attempt to login fails to get past greeter
> > Changed Bug submitter to 'Josip Rodin <joy at debbugs.entuzijast.net>' 
> > from 'James Lynn <james at biometry.me.uk>'
> > > thanks
> > Stopping processing here.
> 
> Please don't hijack bugs. Also, that won't change anything. Sure we
> rely on the fact that /etc/X11/Xsession is executable, like startx and
> any display manager which does not specifically chose something else.
> We have to rely on a minimal system, we can't really check (or worse,
> fix) each and every bit of the system.

No, startx has also worked on my machine without the executable bit on that
file. It's lightdm that seems to be depending on something others don't.

If this is an actual requirement of some standard, please reassign the bug
to the owner of the file (x11-common) and have them enforce the standard.

If it isn't a standard, please handle the legitimate discrepancy.

Neither of these options really seems onerous.

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