Re: [gdm-list] Don't invoke cpp with xrdb [22590328fab9aacf17d4ce32e1c0678c330b26c0]

[Bert Wesarg <bert wesarg googlemail com>]

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 22:28, Martin Pitt <martin pitt ubuntu com> wrote:
> Bert Wesarg [2009-10-28 22:11 +0100]:
>> I would like to raise my objection for your reasons to disable the cpp
>> while loading Xresource files. If the number of users who have a
>> .Xresource file is very low, than I think the likelihood that they use
>> cpp directives is very height. And because you pay the price for the
>> high startup time, only if you have this file in the first place there
>> is no reason to use the -nocpp option.
>
> Well, it was a patch that someone applied to the Debian/Ubuntu
> packages ages ago. It makes sense to me, but I'm not attached to it a
> lot, so if upstream wants to revert his patch, I won't object.
I have just upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10, and haven't the problem before
9.10. Maybe my .Xresource was loaded from an other script (I have
something under /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ in mind).

>
> This should perhaps be discussed at
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=588849 and the bug
> reopened?
Back from reading old threads. Now that I'm aware of this problem, I
will simply put this on my checklist after upgrading to the next
release.

Anyway, thanks for the pointer.

Bert

>
> Thanks,
>
> Martin